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Author
Publisher
Arcade Pub
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
In this gripping, previously untold story from World War II, Michael Smith examines how code breakers cracked Japan's secret codes and won the war in the Pacific. He also takes the reader step by step through the process, explaining exactly how the code breakers went about their daunting task-made even more difficult by the vast linguistic differences between Japanese and English.
The Emperor's Codes moves across the world from Bletchley Park to...
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
Already acclaimed as "one of the most important books ever published about World War II," this brilliantly written book reveals a host of previously untold stories: how the American breaking of the Japanese diplomatic Purple ciphers led to the defeat of Germany and caused Eisenhower not to capture Berlin, as well as why America and Great Britain agreed to employ nuclear weapons against Japan. Challenging conventional wisdom, this book concisely documents...
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
c1982
Language
English
Description
An account of the American use and misuse of information gained as a result of decipherings of Japanese codes, the events directly attributable to those decipherings, and the military and political circumstances involved.
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