Codebreaker in the Far East

Informationen zum Autor Stripp, Alan Klappentext Describing British wartime success in breaking Japanese codes of dazzling variety and great complexity which contributed to the victory in Burma three months before Hiroshima! this first-hand account describes the difficulty of decoding one of the most complex languages in the world in some of the most difficult conditions. Zusammenfassung This is the first book to describe British wartime success in breaking Japanese codes of dazzling variety and great complexity which contributed to the victory in Burma three months before Hiroshima. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. CAMBRIDGE, BEDFORD, AND YORKSHIRE ; 7. JAPANESE CODES AND CIPHERS: WHAT WERE THEY LIKE? ; 14. CLANDESTINE GROUPS AND THEIR SIGNALS

Product details

• Authors: Alan Stripp
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.11.2004
• EAN: 9780714633633
• ISBN: 978-0-7146-3363-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Studies in Intelligence
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Japan, Myanmar, European History, Biography: general, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, British & Irish history, Second World War, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Asian History, Espionage & secret services, Military intelligence, Modern warfare, Espionage and secret services, Biography: philosophy and social sciences, Myanmar (Burma), HISTORY / Military / Intelligence & Espionage, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater