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Author Mercado, Stephen C

Title The shadow warriors of Nakano : a history of the Imperial Japanese Army's elite intelligence school / Stephen C. Mercado
Edition 1st ed
Published Washington, D.C. : Brassey's, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 331 pages) : maps
Contents Planning the Nakano school -- Early victories -- Winning, then losing, hearts and minds in Burma -- India: subversion, invasion, retreat -- Philippines: spies in Manila, commandos in the jungle -- Nearing the end -- Battle of Okinawa -- Preparing final defenses -- Ending the war, finding new allies -- From caches to Korea -- Old boys in new Japan -- Legacies
Summary In the history of the twentieth century, the role of the military intelligence services in the competition among nations is still murky. Among the world's foremost intelligence services, those of Imperial Japan remain the least known. Few stories are as compelling as those surrounding the Japanese Army's Nakano School. From 1938 to 1945, the Nakano School trained more than 2,000 men in intelligence gathering, propaganda, and irregular warfare. Working in the shadows, these dedicated warriors executed a range of missions, from gathering intelligence in Latin America to leading commando raids ag
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-319) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Nakano Gakkō (Japan) -- History
SUBJECT Nakano Gakkō (Japan) fast
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Military intelligence -- Japan
Military intelligence -- Japan -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
Military intelligence
Geheimdienst
Ausbildung
Geschichte
Weltkrieg 1939-1945
Inlichtingendiensten.
Krijgsmacht.
Tweede Wereldoorlog.
Japan
Japan
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781612342177
1612342175