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David Kahn

Born

in New York City, New York, The United States

February 07, 1930

Died

January 23, 2024

Genre

History, Science

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A specialist on the history of cryptography and military intelligence, David Kahn worked as a reporter and op-ed editor for Newsday until his retirement in 1998, and was selected in 1995 as scholar-in-residence at the National Security Agency. Kahn earned a D.Phil in modern German history from Oxford University in 1974 under the supervision of the then-Regius professor of modern history, Hugh Trevor-Roper.

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	The Codebreakers: The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet 4.18 avg rating — 1,511 ratings — published 1967 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seizing The Enigma: The Race To Break The German U-boat Codes, 1939-1943 3.94 avg rating — 926 ratings — published 1991 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Krav Maga: An Essential Guide to the Renowned Method--for Fitness and Self-Defense 3.81 avg rating — 241 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hitler's Spies: German Military Intelligence In World War II 3.69 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1978 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Advanced Krav Maga: The Next Level of Fitness and Self-Defense 4.08 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2007 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Krav Maga Defense: How to Defend Yourself Against the 12 Most Common Unarmed Street Attacks really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Krav Maga Weapon Defenses: The Contact Combat System of the Israel Defense Forces 4.25 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Krav Maga Professional Tactics: The Contact Combat System of the Israeli Martial Arts by David Kahn, Ron Jacobs (Foreword) 4.14 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Reader Of Gentlemen's Mail: Herbert O. Yardley and the Birth of American Codebreaking 3.77 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2004 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kahn on Codes: Secrets of the New Cryptology 4.29 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1984 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Do it because it needs to be done. Do it to make your world better…just a little at a time.”
― David Kahn, Cape, Spandex, Briefcase: Leadership Lessons from Superheroes

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“The multiple human needs and desires that demand privacy among two or more people in the midst of social life must inevitably lead to cryptology wherever men thrive and wherever they write. Cultural diffusion seems a less likely explanation for its occurrence in so many areas, many of them distant and isolated.”
― David Kahn, The Codebreakers: The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet

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“the use of atbash in the Bible sensitized the monks and scribes of the Middle Ages to the idea of letter substitution. And from them flowed the modern use of ciphers—as distinct from codes—as a means of secret communication.”
― David Kahn, The Codebreakers: The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet

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