Codebreaker in the Far East (Studies in Intelligence) by Alan Stripp

by Alan Stripp

Codebreaker in the Far East is the first book to describe how Bletchley Park and its Indian and Far Eastern outposts broke a series of Japanese codes and cipher systems of dazzling variety and complexity. Their achievements made a major contribution to the Allied victory in Burma, and probably helped to shorten and win the war, perhaps by two or three years. Alan Stripp gives his first-hand account of the excitement of reading the enemy's mind, of working against the clock, hampered by one of the world's most daunting languages and the knowledge that they were facing an unyielding and resourceful enemy who had never known defeat.

Genres: History, World War II, Nonfiction

Hardcover

First published May 1, 1989

Reviews

[Michael Sommers · Rating 4 out of 5]

Contains a lot of detail on various Japanese cryptosystems.