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" MacArthur's ULTRA : "
Edward J. Drea.
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880144
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Drea, Edward J.,1944-
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MacArthur's ULTRA : : codebreaking and the war against Japan, 1942-1945 /\ Edward J. Drea.
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| Publication Statement
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Lawrence, Kan. :: University Press of Kansas,, ©1992.
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| Series Statement
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Modern war studies
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xv, 296 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 24 cm.
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0700605045
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: 0700605762
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: 9780700605040
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: 9780700605767
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-282) and index.
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| Contents
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MacArthur's codebreaking organization -- ULTRA's trials and errors, 1942 -- Breaking into the Japanese army code, January 1943-January 1944 -- ULTRA's great victory: the Hollandia operation, January 1943-January1944 -- Misreading ULTRA, May-September 1944 -- The missing division: Leyte, 1944 -- The numbers game: Luzon, January-June 1945 -- ULTRA as seer: uncovering Japanese plans for homeland defense, June-August 1945
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"No one writing on military operations in the Southwest Pacific will be able to ignore this book."?William M. Leary, editor of We Shall Return: MacArthur's Commanders and the Defeat of Japan, 1941-1945 "Adds significantly to our understanding of the war and of MacArthur as commander and strategist."?Stanley L. Falk, author of Bataan: The March of Death "A 'must' item for analysis of the Pacific war."?Harold Deutsch, author of Hitler and His Generals Author Biography: Edward J. Drea is chief of the Research and Analysis Division at the U.S. Army Center of Military History in Washington, D.C., and author of The 1942 Japanese General Election. He is fluent in Japanese. On the Military Intelligence History Reading List 2012.
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MacArthur, Douglas,1880-1964-- Military leadership.
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MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
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MacArthur, Douglas,1880-1964.
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MacArthur, Douglas,1880-1964.
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MacArthur, Douglas.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Campaigns-- Pacific Area.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Cryptography.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Military intelligence-- Pacific Area.
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Guerra mundial, 1939 1945-- Criptografía.
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Guerra mundial, 1939 1945-- Inteligencia militar-- Pacífico, Area del.
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Command of troops.
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Cryptography.
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Military campaigns.
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Military intelligence.
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Pazifikkrieg
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Ultra
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Pacific Area, History.
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Pacífico, Area del, Historia.
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Pacific Area.
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| Dewey Classification
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940.54/26
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D767.D66 1991
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355.9405485
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