The Codebreakers; The Story of Secret Writing
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1968. Third printing [stated]. Hardcover. xvi, [2], 1164 pages. Illustrations. Bibliography. Notes. Index. Some soiling to fore-edge, DJ has some wear and soiling. Paperclip impression on fep. Inscribed on fep by Kahn to Washington DC notable Jiggs Donahue. David Kahn (b. February 7, 1930) is a US historian, journalist and writer. He has written extensively on the history of cryptography and military intelligence. Kahn's first published book, The Codebreakers - The Story of Secret Writing (1967), has been widely considered to be a definitive account of the history of cryptography. Kahn has said he traces his interest in cryptography to reading Fletcher Pratt's Secret and Urgent as a boy. Kahn is a founding editor of the Cryptologia journal. In 1969, Kahn married Susanne Fiedler; they are now divorced. They have two sons, Oliver and Michael. He attended Bucknell University. After graduation, he worked as a reporter at Newsday for several years. He also served as an editor at the International Herald Tribune in Paris for two years in the 1960s. It was during this period that he wrote an article for the New York Times Magazine about two defectors from the National Security Agency. This article was the origin of his monumental book, The Codebreakers. More