An excellent book that does a barely-under-surface-level touch on cryptography through history, which touches on this as well, is The Code Book by Simon Singh.

An excellent book that does a barely-under-surface-level touch on cryptography through history, which touches on this as well, is The Code Book by Simon Singh. Saw it in the local library, and wasn't expecting to be super intrigued, as I already understand a lot of the fundamentals of cryptography. Turns out it was less of a "how cryptography works in detail" book, and more of a "how cryptography has been applied and innovated on throughout major historical periods" book.