"Across the Pacific" is a comprehensive history of intelligence in the war between the United States and Japanhow information was gathered, interpreted, and sometimes fatally ignored. Based on decades of research and newly translated Japanese sources, the book examines American and Japanese intelligence operations in all theaters of the Pacific War, including the often-neglected fronts in China, Burma, and India. It illuminates the rise of Japanese militarism and espionage, the U.S. effort to understand its adversary, and the pivotal intelligence battles that defined the Pacific Warfrom Pearl Harbor through Midway, Guadalcanal, and the Philippines to the submarine and bombing raids that sealed Japan's defeat. The narrative traces the evolution of both sides' use of signals intelligence, codebreaking, and counterintelligence, revealing successes, failures, and missed warnings that influenced the course of the conflict. Rich in maps, photographs and original analyses, "Across the Pacific" illuminates the shadow war of information that underpinned the epic battle in the Pacific.
Group
Books (first-hand)
Author
Oleson, Peter C.
Title
Across the Pacific
Details
English text, approx. 25 illustrations and maps. 256 pages.
State
new
Subtitle
The Secret Intelligence War between the United States and Japan, 1941–45
