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Author: Richard J. Aldrich
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2000-04-13
Total Pages: 536
ISBN-13: 9780521641869
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book explores the politics of the British and American secret service during the Far Eastern War.
Author: Ken Kotani
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: 2009-09-22
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781846034251
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the eyes of history, Japanese intelligence in World War II has fared very poorly. However, these historians have most often concentrated on the later years of the war, when Japan was fighting a multi-front war against numerous opponents. In this groundbreaking new study, Japanese scholar Ken Kotani re-examines the Japanese Intelligence department, beginning with the early phase of the war. He points out that without the intelligence gathered by the Japanese Army and Navy they would have been unable to achieve their long string of victories against the forces of Russia, China, and Great Britain. Notable in these early campaigns were the successful strikes against both Singapore and Pearl Harbor. Yet as these victories expanded the sphere of Japanese control, they also made it harder for the intelligence services to gather accurate information about their growing list of adversaries. At the battle of Midway in 1942, Japanese intelligence suffered its worst mishap when the Americans broke their code and tricked the Japanese into revealing the target of their attack. It was a mistake from which they would never recover. As the military might of Japan was forced to retreat and her forces deteriorated, so too did her intelligence services.
Author: James C. McNaughton
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 536
ISBN-13: 9780160867057
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This book tells the story of an unusual group of American soldiers in World War II, second-generation Japanese Americans (Nisei) who served as interpreters and translators in the Military Intelligence Service."--Preface.
Author: Evgeny Sergeev
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007-04-23
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 1134117639
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamining Russian military intelligence in the war with Japan of 1904-05, this book, based on newly-accessible documents from the tsarist era military, naval and diplomatic archives, gives an overview of the origins, structure and performance of Russian military intelligence in the Far East at the turn of the twentieth century, investigating developments in strategic and tactical military espionage, as well as combat renaissance. It provides a comprehensive reappraisal of the role of military intelligence in the years immediately preceding the First World War, by comparing the Russian military secret services to those of the other great powers, including Britain, Germany, France and Japan.
Author: Richard J. Samuels
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2019-10-15
Total Pages: 461
ISBN-13: 1501741608
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe prewar history of the Japanese intelligence community demonstrates how having power over much, but insight into little can have devastating consequences. Its postwar history—one of limited Japanese power despite growing insight—has also been problematic for national security. In Special Duty Richard J. Samuels dissects the fascinating history of the intelligence community in Japan. Looking at the impact of shifts in the strategic environment, technological change, and past failures, he probes the reasons why Japan has endured such a roller-coaster ride when it comes to intelligence gathering and analysis, and concludes that the ups and downs of the past century—combined with growing uncertainties in the regional security environment—have convinced Japanese leaders of the critical importance of striking balance between power and insight. Using examples of excessive hubris and debilitating bureaucratic competition before the Asia-Pacific War, the unavoidable dependence on US assets and popular sensitivity to security issues after World War II, and the tardy adoption of image-processing and cyber technologies, Samuels' bold book highlights the century-long history of Japan's struggles to develop a fully functioning and effective intelligence capability, and makes clear that Japanese leaders have begun to reinvent their nation's intelligence community.
Author: Richard James Aldrich
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 500
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John Prados
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781557504319
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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.
Author: Douglas J. MacEachin
Publisher:
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 360
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John Keegan
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2003-10-28
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 1400041937
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA masterly look at the value and limitations of intelligence in the conduct of war from the premier military historian of our time, John Keegan. Intelligence gathering is an immensely complicated and vulnerable endeavor. And it often fails. Until the invention of the telegraph and radio, information often traveled no faster than a horse could ride, yet intelligence helped defeat Napoleon. In the twentieth century, photo analysts didn’t recognize Germany’s V-2 rockets for what they were; on the other hand, intelligence helped lead to victory over the Japanese at Midway. In Intelligence in War, John Keegan illustrates that only when paired with force has military intelligence been an effective tool, as it may one day be in besting al-Qaeda.
Author: Edward J. Drea
Publisher:
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 320
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKCracking the enemy's radio code is a task so urgent and so difficult that it demands the military's best minds and most sophisticated technology. But when the coded messages are in a language as complex as Japanese, decoding problems multiply dramatically.
