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Author Lewin, Ronald.

Title The American magic : codes, ciphers, and the defeat of Japan / Ronald Lewin.

Publication Info. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, [1982]
©1982

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  940.93 L584    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  940.5485 L58AM    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  940.54 L58A    Check Shelf
Description xv, 332 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-311) and index.
Contents Don't you dare, Mr. Dewey -- The path to pearl -- That damn cloud -- A plan called MO and a plan called MI -- The stab in the back -- The salt mines -- The fork in the road -- You are the hero -- A broken axis: the blockade-runners' ruin -- Massacre of the Marus -- Overhearing Oshima -- A scent in the morning air -- The mastiffs and the spaniel.
Summary Tells of how American Intelligence had suceeded, even before Pearl Harbor, of penetrating the Japanese codes.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Cryptography.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- United States.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Ocean.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan.
Japan -- History -- 1912-1945.
Tweede Wereldoorlog.
ISBN 0374104174 jacket $13.95
9780374104177 jacket
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