The Codebreakers
The Codebreakers - The Story of Secret Writing (ISBN 0684831309) is a book written by David Kahn in 1967 chronicling the history of cryptology from ancient Egypt to the time of its writing. The United States government attempted to have the book altered before publication, and there is even a story that an attempt was made to purchase its rights from the publisher in an attempt to prevent publication. It is widely regarded as the best account of the history of cryptography up to its publication. Note that as the government of the United Kingdom had not yet (in 1967) revealed the extent of its operations at Bletchley Park during World War II, these important events are not covered by the original edition of The Codebreakers.
The book was republished in 1996, and this new edition includes an additional chapter briefly covering the events since the original publication. See the "Books on cryptography" article for other works which cover this later history in more detail.
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