The Secrets of America’s Greatest Codebreaker

<p>Are codes the key to victory on the battlefield? In the build-up to World War I Colonel Parker Hitt recognized the Army’s non-existent cryptology methods could lead to countless deaths and created an entirely new system, laying a foundation that exists to this day. Host Joe Craig chats with Betsy Rohaly Smoot, the author of the new biography Parker Hitt: The Father of American Cryptology, to unlock the secrets of the man and his methods.</p> <ul><li>Guest: Betsy Rohaly Smoot, Author, Parker Hitt: The Father of American Military Cryptology </li> <li>Host: Joe Craig, AUSA’s Book Program Director</li> </ul> <p>Resources:</p> <p>University Press of Kentucky: <a href='https://www.kentuckypress.com/9780813182407/parker-hitt/'>Parker Hitt: The Father of American Military Cryptology</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Recommendations for future topics are welcome via email at <a href='mailto:podcast@ausa.org'>podcast@ausa.org</a>.</p>