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U. S. Navy Codebreakers, Linguists, and Intelligence Officers Against Japan, 1910-1941 : A Biographical Dictionary.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (575 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442255647
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: U. S. Navy Codebreakers, Linguists, and Intelligence Officers Against Japan, 1910-1941DDC classification:
  • 359.3/432092273
LOC classification:
  • D810.S7M2535 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Author's Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Illustrations -- The Scanners. Radio Direction Finders and Radio Traffic Analysts -- The Book Breakers. Cryptographers, Cryptanalysts, and Codebreakers -- The Blue Sky Merchants. Linguists, Translators, and Intelligence Officers -- The "Hybrids". Multiskilled and Multiproficient -- Appendix A. What's a Code, and What's a Cipher? -- Appendix B. Chronology of Select Highlights, U.S. Navy Radio Intelligence, Pacific Area of Operations 1916-1941 -- Appendix C. Directors of U.S. Naval Intelligence, 1909-1942 -- Appendix D. Directors of U.S. Naval Communications 1912-1942 -- Appendix E. U.S. Naval Attachés in Tokyo, 1914-1941 -- Appendix F. U.S. Navy, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Section "OP-20-G" and Its Antecedents -- Appendix G. Officers in Charge, Office of Naval Communications, Code and Signal Section, "Research Desk" (OP-20-GX) -- Appendix H. Officers in Charge, Office of Naval Communications, Code and Signal Section, Translation Section (OP-20-GZ) -- Appendix I. Growth of U.S. Navy Radio Intelligence -- Appendix J. U.S. Naval Radio Intelligence, Primarily Focused upon Japan, as of December 1941 -- Appendix K. Station HYPO, Territory of Hawaii -- Appendix L. U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps Japanese Language/Culture Officers Immersed in Japan, 1910-1941 -- Appendix M. The "On-the-Roof Gang" -- Appendix N. Operation VENGEANCE -- Suggested Reading -- Glossary -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: This unique reference presents 59 biographies of people who were key to the sea services being reasonably prepared to fight the Japanese Empire when the Second World War broke out, and whose advanced work proved crucial. These intelligence pioneers invented techniques, procedures, and equipment from scratch, not only allowing the United States to hold its own in the Pacific despite the loss of most of its Fleet at Pearl Harbor, but also laying the foundation of today's intelligence methods and agencies.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Author's Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Illustrations -- The Scanners. Radio Direction Finders and Radio Traffic Analysts -- The Book Breakers. Cryptographers, Cryptanalysts, and Codebreakers -- The Blue Sky Merchants. Linguists, Translators, and Intelligence Officers -- The "Hybrids". Multiskilled and Multiproficient -- Appendix A. What's a Code, and What's a Cipher? -- Appendix B. Chronology of Select Highlights, U.S. Navy Radio Intelligence, Pacific Area of Operations 1916-1941 -- Appendix C. Directors of U.S. Naval Intelligence, 1909-1942 -- Appendix D. Directors of U.S. Naval Communications 1912-1942 -- Appendix E. U.S. Naval Attachés in Tokyo, 1914-1941 -- Appendix F. U.S. Navy, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Section "OP-20-G" and Its Antecedents -- Appendix G. Officers in Charge, Office of Naval Communications, Code and Signal Section, "Research Desk" (OP-20-GX) -- Appendix H. Officers in Charge, Office of Naval Communications, Code and Signal Section, Translation Section (OP-20-GZ) -- Appendix I. Growth of U.S. Navy Radio Intelligence -- Appendix J. U.S. Naval Radio Intelligence, Primarily Focused upon Japan, as of December 1941 -- Appendix K. Station HYPO, Territory of Hawaii -- Appendix L. U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps Japanese Language/Culture Officers Immersed in Japan, 1910-1941 -- Appendix M. The "On-the-Roof Gang" -- Appendix N. Operation VENGEANCE -- Suggested Reading -- Glossary -- Index -- About the Author.

This unique reference presents 59 biographies of people who were key to the sea services being reasonably prepared to fight the Japanese Empire when the Second World War broke out, and whose advanced work proved crucial. These intelligence pioneers invented techniques, procedures, and equipment from scratch, not only allowing the United States to hold its own in the Pacific despite the loss of most of its Fleet at Pearl Harbor, but also laying the foundation of today's intelligence methods and agencies.

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