The American Magic: Codes, Ciphers, and the Defeat of Japan by Ronald Lewin
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The American Magic: Codes, Ciphers, and the Defeat of Japan by Ronald Lewin
Hardcover, ISBN 9780374104177
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1982 First Edition.
Condition: Good. The original boards with a DJ is slightly shelf rubbed and edge worn. This book was read and enjoyed but is still overall good. . The book has no inscriptions and the binding is excellent. The book is protected with a Cellophane cover.
The author tells the full story of America's penetration of Japanese codes---an achievement as exciting and significant as the breaking of German codes by the British Ultra. He presents heroes: William Friedman, the cryptanalyst who broke the diplomatic code by 1940; Governor Thomas Dewey, whose loyalty to the war effort many have cost him the 1944 Presidential election; Admiral Chester Nimitiz, whose use of intelligence information led to victories in the Coral Sea and at Midway. Mr. Lewin also reveals some villains: General Douglas MacArthur, who recklessly restricted the flow of information to his commanders; and J. Edgar Hoover, who, in the summer of 1941, ignored a British intelligence report that might have alerted America to Japanese intentions in the Pacific.
