Deacon, Richard
by Kempei Tai: A History of the Japanese Secret Service
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0825301319
- ISBN 13
- 9780825301315
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About This Item
New York. 1983. Beaufort. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0825301319. 306 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Ellen Lo Giudice. keywords: History Japan Espionage. FROM THE PUBLISHER - A history of the Japanese Secret Service. From the secret Black Dragon Society to the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor to the Superchip Caper, the present day epic of stolen computer secrets . . Here is the astonishing five hundred year saga of Japanese espionage - and how it helped win the invisible war' and made Japan a prosperous nation. Richard Deacon, acclaimed as a premier authority, uses newly discovered material to reveal the triumphs and the tactics of a great secret service - Kempei Tai. In this book you'll find - Hideyoshi, the spy-master who unified a nation; Will Adams, Japan's first Englishman, the right arm of the Shogun; Admiral Yamamoto, mastermind of Pearl Harbor; The Mysterious Case of Charlie Chaplin's Spy Valet; Yoshiko Kawashima, whose exploits won her the nickname Joan of Arc of Manchuria'; The Japanese Purple Machine, the cryptographic marvel that baffled the world. inventory #2966 ISBN: 0825301319.
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- Bookseller
- Zeno's (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2966
- Title
- Deacon, Richard
- Author
- Kempei Tai: A History of the Japanese Secret Service
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0825301319
- ISBN 13
- 9780825301315
- Publisher
- Beaufort Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1983
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