 | The Codebreakers: The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet by David Kahn
Buy new: £29.49 / Used from: £22.98 Encyclopaedic history of cryptology. Highly recommended reading.
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 | Cryptanalysis by Helen Fouche Gaines
Buy new: £5.46 / Used from: £1.16 Classical ciphers analysed by hand (i.e., without mathematics). This is a classic introduction to cryptanalysis.
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 | Elementary Cryptanalysis: A Mathematical Approach (Mathematical Association of America Textbooks) by Abraham Sinkov
Buy new: £22.79 / Used from: £25.91 Classical ciphers analysed with mathematics, written by a respected NSA cryptanalyst. Appendix of relevant BASIC program listings (e.g., calculating Index of Coincidence).
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 | Codes and Ciphers: Julius Caesar, the Enigma, and the Internet by R. F. Churchhouse
Buy new: £16.99 / Used from: £4.34 Analysis of classical ciphers and some cipher machines (including Enigma, Hagelin C-36/M-209, and Lorenz), using mathematics. Good classroom (pre-computer crypto) textbook.
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 | Military Cryptanalytics (Cryptographic Series) by William F. Friedman
Buy used from: £154.71 Collection of four books used to train NSA cryptanalysts (buy from Amazon.com). Includes the Zendian problem - a specially crafted exercise (project) with over 130 'intercepted' messages to analyse.
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 | The American Black Chamber (Bluejacket Books) by Herbert O. Yardley
Buy new: £10.79 / Used from: £3.02 Infamous autobiography of America's first Government cryptanalyst. Includes examples of actual cryptanalysis and sample ciphertexts for practise.
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 | Machine Cryptography and Modern Cryptanalysis (Telecommunications Library) by Cipher Deavours
Buy new: £93.10 / Used from: £46.10 Cryptanalysis of many different cipher machines including the Hagelin C-35. Only book of its kind (specifically analysing machine ciphers). Highly recommended.
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| Cipher Systems: The Protection of Communications by Henry Beker
Buy used from: £6.79 Out of print, but contains a thorough analysis of some more recent ciphers, including the M-209 cipher machine (using ciphertext-only) and also a simple block cipher by IBM called NDS (New Data Seal).
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| Differential Cryptanalysis of the Data Encryption Standard by Eli Biham
Buy used from: £212.78 Description of the differential cryptanalysis technique on the DES block cipher (and variants). This is heavy reading, especially for beginners.
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 | Cryptography Theory and Practice (Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications) by Douglas R. Stinson
Buy new: £37.18 / Used from: £38.13 Describes cryptanalysis of some classical cipher systems as well as modern methods (linear and differential cryptanalysis) applied to the DES block cipher. Good classroom (modern crypto) textbook.
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| Statistical Methods in Cryptoanalysis (Cryptographic Series , No 4) by Solomon Kullback
Buy used from: £34.48 Application of statistical techniques to cryptanalysis, written by a respected NSA cryptanalyst (buy from Amazon.com). Lots of very useful statistical information on various languages.
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 | The Code Book: The Secret History of Codes and Code-breaking by Simon Singh
Buy new: £5.97 / Used from: £2.49 Enjoyable, readable introduction to cryptography and cryptanalysis (a layperson's alternative to The Codebreakers by David Kahn).
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 | Decrypted Secrets: Methods and Maxims of Cryptology by Friedrich L. Bauer
Buy used from: £28.79 Detailed historical account of cryptology with a mathematical treatment. Uses some cryptanalysis examples from other crypto books in this list. Highly recommended.
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 | Cryptography: A Primer by Alan G. Konheim
Buy used from: £14.82 Detailed analysis of some classical ciphers (simple substitution, repeated key, Playfair) and also Enigma. Includes a biased analysis of the DES cipher. Heavy on maths (statistics/probability theory).
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