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050 00 D810.C88 |bA48 2000
100 1  Alvarez, David J.
245 10 Secret messages : |bcodebreaking and American diplomacy, 1930-1945 / |cDavid Alvarez.
264  1 Lawrence, KS : |bUniversity Press of Kansas, |c2000.
300    xi, 292 pages : |billustrations ; |c24 cm.
336    text |btxt |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |bn |2rdamedia
338    volume |bnc |2rdacarrier
490 1  Modern war studies
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-284) and index.
505 00  |tAntecedents -- |tLaunching a Service -- |tToward Pearl Harbor -- |tMarching to War -- |tPhoto Section -- |tTargets -- |tRussian Problem -- |tA Usually Reliable Source.
520 1  "In Secret Messages, David Alvarez provides the first comprehensive analysis of the impact of decoded radio messages (signals intelligence) upon American foreign policy and strategy from 1930 to 1945. He presents the most complete account to date of the U.S. Army's top-secret Signal Intelligence Service (SIS): its creation, struggles, and rapid wartime growth, and its contributions to the war effort."--BOOK JACKET.
591    Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024
650  0 World War, 1939-1945 |xCryptography.
650  0 Cryptography |zUnited States |xHistory |y20th century.
650  0 World War, 1939-1945 |xDiplomatic history.
651  0 United States |xForeign relations |y1933-1945.
776 08  |iOnline version:Alvarez, David J. |tSecret messages. |dLawrence, KS : University Press of Kansas, 2000 |w(OCoLC)607393350
830  0 Modern war studies.
856     |zElectronic address (http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0b6k4-aa) not available when searched on Dec. 10, 2018.
852 0   |bstacks |hD810.C88 |iA48 2000