History of Computing: History of Cryptography and Cryptanalysis: Codes, Ciphers, and Their Algorithms (Paperback)

This accessible textbook presents a fascinating review of cryptography and cryptanalysis across history.

The text relates the earliest use of the monoalphabetic cipher in the ancient world, the development of the "unbreakable" Vigenère cipher, and an account of how cryptology entered the arsenal of military intelligence during the American Revolutionary War.