One of the most closely guarded secrets of World War II was the success of American code breakers in reading the messages of the Japanese armed forces and diplomatic service. The story of OP-20-G and how it helped the Navy win the war in the Pacificby one of the team of code breakers.
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The author worked at the center of the U.S. Navy's communications intelligence operation throughout WWII. Upon graduating from high school, he studied Japanese from a Buddhist priest. Soon after the US entered the war he war recruited and ordered to Washington for duty in OP-20-G, the secret unit responsible for reading and translating intercepted messages
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Seller: Marlowes Books and Music, Ferny Grove, QLD, Australia
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 194 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout. Seller Inventory # 226429
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Seller: John Hopkinson - Bookseller, Cremona, AB, Canada
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Seller: Maynard & Bradley, Leicester, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1978. An excellent copy, internally clean and unmarked throughout, seemingly barely read with no notable creases or handling marks. Dust jacket also well-presented with no notable creases or wear, but price clipped and showing some mild fading along the spine and lightly toned upper edges from general handling and storage. Why on Amazon do most sellers not describe their actual book? Buy with confidence and support a genuine Independent Bricks & Mortar Real Bookshop. We are Maynard & Bradley CAMBO & PBFA(now lapsed) members here in Leicester City Centre. Size: 150 x 230 mm. 194 pages. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Military & Warfare; Britain/UK; 1970s; ISBN: 0709175450. ISBN/EAN: 9780709175452. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 27840. Seller Inventory # 27840
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Seller: The Books of Eli, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A First edition copy of this book published by HALE; a fine copy despite being in a price-clipped dustwrapper. The book looks at the success of American codebreakers in reading the messages of the Japanese armed forces and diplomatic service. Seller Inventory # ABE-1678371474422
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Seller: J C ( Antiquarian) Books, Watton, NORFO, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Van Der Rhoer, Edward, Deadly magic: an account of communications intelligence in World War II in the Pacific,1979, pp194, has black & white photographic images, has the original dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Condition: pages have occasional markings to margins. Cover has general shelf wear. Dust cover has general shelf-wear with occasional markings with inside (of dust cover) front bottom corner having been cut off. otherwise a tight, clean and good copy. Seller Inventory # 2291
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Seller: Dial-A-Book, NARRABEEN, NSW, Australia
Condition: Very Good. 8vo hardcover 194pp index, b/w illus. very good / very good d/w. Seller Inventory # 28913
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