Table of contents : Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Introduction – A Revolutionary Cipher (John F. Dooley)....Pages 1-11 Cryptology Before 1500 – A Bit of Magic (John F. Dooley)....Pages 13-23 The Black Chambers: 1500–1776 (John F. Dooley)....Pages 25-42 Crypto Goes to War: The American Revolution (John F. Dooley)....Pages 43-61 Crypto Goes to War: The American Civil War 1861–1865 (John F. Dooley)....Pages 63-85 Crypto and the War to End All Wars: 1914–1919 (John F. Dooley)....Pages 87-115 The Interwar Period: 1919–1941 (John F. Dooley)....Pages 117-136 The Rise of the Machines: 1918–1941 (John F. Dooley)....Pages 137-150 Battle Against the Machines: World War II 1939–1945 (John F. Dooley)....Pages 151-165 The Machines Take Over: Computer Cryptography (John F. Dooley)....Pages 167-184 Alice and Bob and Whit and Martin: Public-Key Cryptography (John F. Dooley)....Pages 185-201 Web and Mobile Device Cryptology (John F. Dooley)....Pages 203-212 Cyber Weapons and Cyber Warfare (John F. Dooley)....Pages 213-239 Cryptology and the Internet of Things (John F. Dooley)....Pages 241-252 What Is Next in Cryptology? (John F. Dooley)....Pages 253-262 Cipher Mysteries (John F. Dooley)....Pages 263-292 Back Matter ....Pages 293-303