Joe Rochefort's War - The Odyssey of the Codebreaker Who Outwitted Yamamoto at Midway

Elliot Carlson's award-winning biography of Capt. Joe Rochefort is the first to be written about the officer who headed Station Hypo, and who broke the Japanese navy's code before the Battle of Midway.

About the author

Elliot Carlson is a longtime journalist who has worked as a reporter, editor and staff writer for such newspapers and magazines as the Honolulu Advertiser, the Wall Street Journal and Newsweek. A graduate of the University of Oregon and Stanford University. He holds degrees from Stanford University and the University of Oregon and lives with his wife in Silver Spring, MD.

Product details

• Authors: Elliot Carlson, Elliot W Carlson, Elliot W. Carlson
• Publisher: Naval Institute Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.09.2013
• EAN: 9781591141617
• ISBN: 978-1-59114-161-7
• No. of pages: 622
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 233 mm x 42 mm
• Weight: 910 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Ozeanien, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, 1940 bis 1949 n. Chr., Biografien: historisch, politisch, militärisch, Moderne Kriegsführung