Page 4 of 2007 Fall Winter by Arcade Publishing

now available in paperback from arcade the riveting untold story of how allied code breakers cracked japan s secret codes and turned the tide of world war ii from the attack on pearl harbor on december 7 1941 whose devastating effectiveness was due in large measure to our inability to decode messages about the coming raid to the battle of midway code-breaking played a key role in the pacific war moving across the world from bletchley park outside london to pearl harbor from singapore to colombo from mombassa to melbourne the emperor s codes reveals how the japanese codes of which there were several were broken in a race between u.s and british code breakers drawing on recently declassified files privileged access to secret official histories and interviews with many of the men involved smith portrays the often quirky geniuses behind the desperate effort and takes you step-by-step through the code-breaking process explaining exactly how this is an important new story detailing the hard work and immeasurable dedication of these unsung heroes whose extraordinary efforts changed the course of world war ii marke ti ng promotion web marketing ˇ there has always been and continues to be great interest in world war ii and in particular japan during this period as evidenced by james bradley and ron powers s bestselling flags of our fathers bantam 2001 ˇ two inserts in this book will take the reader step-by-step through the code-breaking process ˇ first published in 2001 this book has netted over 15,000 copies ˇ hardcover isbn 1-55970-568-x riveting it is an enthralling tale the stuff of john le carré yet true smith s impeccable research is highly detailed a daily telegraph living chronicle a real-life thriller that unfolds like a classic spy story an engrossing and exciting recounting of an important facet of booklist world war ii a fascinating step-by-step explanation of code-breaking a kirkus reviews fine contribution to the genre a great story and one of importance library journal the emperor s codes breaking japan s secret ciphers michael smith 1-55970-852-2 978-1-55970-852-4 justin sutcliffe $15.99 ncr ˇ history ˇ paperback 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 ˇ 344 pages ˇ 17 pages b/w photos rights us open market arcade september michael smith served for nine years in the british army s intelligence corps as a code breaker a member of the editorial board of the bletchley park trust he has written for the financial times the sunday times and the daily telegraph where he is defense correspondent he lives in london 108 |

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