Double-Edged Secrets: U.S. Naval Intelligence Operations in the Pacific During World War II (Bluejacket Books)
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (690 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1557503249 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-07 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Great insight into the Radio Intelligence Units of World War II & the fall of Joe Rochefort. David E. Meadows Holmes is the real thing when it comes to Radio Intelligence Unit insight during World War II. Working alongside Joe Rochefort, Edwin Layton, and the others who made up the Combat Intelligence Unit in Pearl Harbor his revealing insight about how Navy politics sidelined Rochefort for the remainder of World W. a hidden and secret world that helped turn the tide at Midway and dramatically shorten winning the Pacific War! BG-expat EXCELLENT Story-Telling and historical references for any student of the Pacific War! I highly recommend this major work on a hidden and secret world that helped turn the tide at Midway and dramatically shorten winning the Pacific War! Wc. Eric said Great Book. It described some operations that I had. Great Book. It described some operations that I had not read before.
Every time the Americans made use of the enemy messages they had decoded, they increased the probability of the Japanese realizing what had happened and changing their codes. Pacific Fleet to lose a vital edge. This book provides a compassionate and unique understanding of the war and the business of intelligence gathering.Assigned to the combat intelligence unit in Honolulu from June 1941 to the end of the war, W. Daniel Inouye describes the story as "the raw material of adventure fiction--but this is all true and told in a manner that is at the same time fascinating and professional." Despite the passage of twenty years and the appearance of several studies of code breaking, this inside look at naval intelligence in the Pacific is as powerful as ever. On the other hand, withholding the information could--and sometimes did--result in the loss of U.S. And such a change would cause the U.S. Holmes shares his history-making experiences as part of an organization that collected, analyzed, and disseminated naval intelligence throughout World War II. This revealing study illuminates the difficulties in both collecting intelligence and deciding when to use it.. lives and ships. His book not only captures the mood of the period but gives rare insight into the problems and personalities involved, allowing