The most authoritative and revealing examination yet of the way intelligence--of all kinds--was instrumental in defeating Japan. Prados gives a new picture of the war in the Pacific, one which will challenge many previous conceptions about that conflict, and one which will be irresistible to those readers who find histories of that period fascinating. 16 pages of photos.
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The most authoritative and revealing examination yet of the way intelligence--of all kinds--was instrumental in defeating Japan. Prados gives a new picture of the war in the Pacific, one which will challenge many previous conceptions about that conflict, and one which will be irresistible to those readers who find histories of that period fascinating. 16 pages of photos.
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Good. Minimal signs of wear. Corners and cover may show wear. May contain highlighting and or writing. May be missing dust jacket. May not include supplemental materials. May be a former library book.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Clean, tight, square and bright. Few pages of Index are creased. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 832 p. Contains: Illustrations, Maps, Index, Bibliography. Audience: General/trade.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2. 834 page hardcover with illustrations and 15 maps. Dust jacket is bright, complete and clean. Cloth and board exterior with title on spine in gold. Interior is unmarked, tight and clean. Notes and large bibliography at rear.
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Very Good. Trade PB. 8vo. Published by Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD. 2001. 832 pgs. Illustrated. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text has some pencilled notes present. Binding tight and solid. Written in the style of a thriller but solidly based on an array of sources, this study reinterprets the entire sea campaign in the Pacific, using intelligence as the missing key to the Allied success. It examines every aspect of the secret war of intelligence--from radio dispatches and espionage to vital information from prisoners and document translation--showing how U. S. Intelligence outsmarted Japan nearly every step of the way. The resulting assessment is a virtual rewriting of history that challenges previous conceptions about the Pacific conflict. EB; 6 X 1.5 X 9 inches; 832 pages.
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Very good in Very good jacket. xxvi, 832, [6] pages. Listing of Acronyms and Abbreviations. Map Symbol Key. Illustrations. Maps. Footnotes. List of Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. John Prados is a well-known author, historian, and security analyst. He specializes in history of World War II, history of the Vietnam War, and current international relations. Prados is a Senior fellow with the National Security Archive, where he leads its Intelligence Documentation Project and its Vietnam Project. Prados has written over 20 books. He has also written articles and book reviews for Vanity Fair, Scientific American, Naval History, the Journal of American History, Diplomatic History, Intelligence and National Security, Naval Institute Proceedings, The Journal of National Security Law & Policy, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the Journal of East-West Studies, Survival, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe. Combined Fleet Decoded was named by New York Military Affairs Symposium as the recipient of The Arthur Goodzeit Book Award in 1995. Combined Fleet Decoded was also named a Notable Naval Book of the Year by the United States Naval Institute. Combined Fleet Decoded offers a new look at the Pacific war, seen as a secret struggle between American and Japanese naval intelligence, with fresh information and perceptive interpretation based on solid research. Revelations include new data on how the United States caught the Japanese superbattleship Yamato; the story of the Japanese admiral who almost discovered that Americans had broken the Japanese naval codes; the first treatment anywhere of the impact of intelligence on the initial campaigns in the Philippines and Netherlands East Indies, including the escape of American codebreakers from Corregidor, and what American intelligence learned before the war from Japanese naval activity in China.
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.