History is great as a topic in its own right. But in my view, we already have lots of books that cover crypto through World War II.
Very little of it is relevant to modern ciphers. Some of it is even actively harmful, witness old advice about "RNG entropy depletion" and "stale keys" resulting in overly complex and failure-prone crypto systems.
What we need more of relevant, modern, best-practices-in-light-of-latest-attacks information suitable for careful, conscientious developers who have to build actual systems out of it.
Very little of it is relevant to modern ciphers. Some of it is even actively harmful, witness old advice about "RNG entropy depletion" and "stale keys" resulting in overly complex and failure-prone crypto systems.
What we need more of relevant, modern, best-practices-in-light-of-latest-attacks information suitable for careful, conscientious developers who have to build actual systems out of it.