Tuesday, December 3, 2002

Current Read: The Emperors Codes

In the No. 1 bestseller Station X, Michael Smith brought us the riveting true story of how British experts broke Nazi Germanys wartime codes. In The Emperors Codes he continues this fascinating story as he examines how Japans codes were broken and the effect this had on the war in the Far East.The Emperors Codes takes the reader into the lives and loves of the men and women battling to break the Emperors codes. It shows how these intrepid code-breakers uncovered the secret Japanese preparations for the invasion of Malaya and the attack on Pearl Harbor. Using memories of those at the forefront of this battle, this is a fascinating and previously untold story.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/books/0593046412/reviews/qid=1039024334/sr=11-1/ref=sr_11_1/104-0306815-4524736
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