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" Britain's secret war against Japan, 1937-1945 / "
Douglas Ford.
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BL
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959370
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b713740
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Main Entry
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Ford, Douglas,1972-
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Title & Author
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Britain's secret war against Japan, 1937-1945 /\ Douglas Ford.
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Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2006.
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Series Statement
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Studies in intelligence series,
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1 online resource (xiv, 258 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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ISBN
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0203004655
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: 0415358469
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: 041551410X
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: 1134244851
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: 1134244894
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: 1134244908
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: 9780203004654
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: 9780415358460
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: 9780415514101
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: 9781134244850
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: 9781134244898
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: 9781134244904
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0415358469
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-249) and index.
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Contents
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Ambiguity and complacency : Britain's assessment of Japan prior to the outbreak of war -- The lessons of defeat and limited victories, December 1941 to January 1943 -- Gauging the balance of an unpredictable war : the evolution of British intelligence on Japanese strategy, January 1943 to August 1945 -- Material and technology versus methods of use : intelligence on the tactical and technical capabilities of Japan's armed forces -- Racial contempt or logical analysis? : British intelligence on Japanese military morale -- The intelligence war in Asia and the Pacific, 1937-1945 : the British and Japanese experiences in comparison.
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Abstract
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Focusing on the Pacific War, this work explains how intelligence played a vital role in shaping Britain's conduct of its campaigns against the Japanese in Southeast Asia. It compares the effectiveness of British and Japanese intelligence and illustrates how cultural factors made a crucial difference in the outcome.
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Strategy.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Campaigns-- Pacific Area.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Military intelligence-- Great Britain.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Japan.
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HISTORY-- Military-- World War II.
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Military campaigns.
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Military intelligence.
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Strategy.
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Great Britain.
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Japan.
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Pacific Area.
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Dewey Classification
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940.54/86410952
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LC Classification
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D810.S7F63 2006eb
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