Combined Fleet Decoded: The Secret History of: American Intelligence and the Japanese Navy in World War II
by John Prados
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Combined Fleet Decoded offers a profoundly new perspective on the naval war in the Pacific during World War II, examining every aspect of the secret war of intelligence - from radio dispatches and espionage to vital information obtained from prisoners, document translation, and even deepsea divers' recoveries of critical material from wrecks at the bottom of the sea. John Prados's text covers both the Allies and the Japanese and relates the growing intelligence knowledge to the progress and show more outcome of Pacific naval actions. Combined Fleet Decoded also tells the stories of many of the key individuals whose personalities and conflicts shaped the secret intelligence war - including intelligence officers in the Imperial Japanese Navy. show lessTags
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Very weighty tome that focuses mostly on the intelligence war between Imperial Japan and the United States (along with some fairly brief digressions with the British and Australians). Some nuggets of information that are new since David Kahn's groundbreaking "The Codebreakers" are presented, representing research into some new corners of the intelligence war. Most of the new material, though, is comparatively minor, and readers of "The Codebreakers" or "MacArthur's ULTRA" will be familiar with the material here. One strength of the book is how deeply it goes into the history of U.S. espionage ("legal" and otherwise) against Japan in the 1920-1940 timeframe; material present elsewhere, but collected well here.
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John Prados is a senior fellow of the National Security Archive in Washington, DC, where he helps bring newly declassified government records to public attention. He is the award-winning author of twenty-one books. including Islands of Destiny: The Solomons Campaign and the Eclipse of the Rising Sun. He also lectures widely on security, freedom of show more information, and other issues analyzes combat processes, serves as a historical advisor to filmmakers; and designs strategy board games, including the well-known Third Reich and new award-winning titles. show less
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- Combined Fleet Decoded: The Secret History of: American Intelligence and the Japanese Navy in World War II
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- World War II (1939 | 1945); World War II, Pacific Theater (1941-12-07 | 1945-09-02); World War II, Magic
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