You might also like

More about Pearl Harbor Redefined

• Book details
• Synopsis
• Trending among others

You get 177 loyalty points

Book synopsis

This book redefines the Pearl Harbor controversy through a study of radio intelligence as practiced by the United States Navy (USN) in 1941. Newly released primary documents, supported by secondary historical and technical accounts, explain the effectiveness of USN radio intelligence in terms of its principal activities in 1941: cryptanalysis, traffic analysis and intelligence reporting. This evidence also demonstrates the extent to which the USN exchanged intelligence with its Allied counterparts. USN radio intelligence penetrated the vast expanses of the Pacific, permitting the partial reading of Japanese naval messages and the tracking of Japanese vessels. In the period preceding the Pearl Harbor attack, radio intelligence provided the USN with foreknowledge of Japan's operations in the North Pacific, although Washington failed to provide its Hawaiian commanders with adequate forewarning. Washington's response can now only be explained in terms of gross neglect or careful design, rather than complete surprise.

Book details

Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: Pearl Harbor Redefined
• Subtitle: USN Radio Intelligence in 1941
• Author: Timothy Wilford
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 154
• EAN: 9780761821335
• ISBN: 0761821333
• ID: 04912568
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Weight: 213 g
• Dimensions: 218 × 135 × 12 mm
• Date of publishing: 28. October 2001

Trending among others

---

---

---