Codebreaker in the Far East

Alan Stripp (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

222 Seiten

2012
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-64672-7 (ISBN)

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This is the first book to describe British wartime success in breaking Japanese codes of dazzling variety and great complexity which contributed to the victory in Burma three months before Hiroshima. Written for the general reader, this first-hand account describes the difficulty of decoding one of the most complex languages in the world in some of the most difficult conditions. The book was published in 1989 to avoid proposed legislation which would prohibit those in the security services from publishing secret information.

Alan Stripp in 1943 was a first-year Cambridge classics scholar with an aptitude for musical composition, chess, and crossword puzzles. These attributes led to his selection for training in breaking Japanese codes, which he did at Bletchley Park and in Delhi until the end of the war, when he switched to Persian and Afghan codes. Returning to Cambridge, he changed course to read Japanese and Chinese. His later career embraced the British Council in Portugal and Indonesia, and both lecturing and administration at Cambridge. Since retiring in 1988 he has directed Cambridge University summer schools on British secret intelligence.

1. CAMBRIDGE, BEDFORD, AND YORKSHIRE ; 7. JAPANESE CODES AND CIPHERS: WHAT WERE THEY LIKE? ; 14. CLANDESTINE GROUPS AND THEIR SIGNALS

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.12.2012
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Intelligence
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	410 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
	Informatik ► Theorie / Studium ► Kryptologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
ISBN-10	0-415-64672-3 / 0415646723
ISBN-13	978-0-415-64672-7 / 9780415646727
Zustand	Neuware