Japanese Intelligence in World War II
Japanese Intelligence in World War II
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About this book
Western studies of Japanese Intelligence in World War II have invariably concluded that this service was very poor. However, these studies have always concentrated on the later years of the war, when Japan was fighting a multi-front war against numerous opponents. In this groundbreaking new study, Japanese scholar Ken Kotani re-examines the Japanese Intelligence department, beginning with the early phase of the war. He points out that without the intelligence gathered by the Japanese Army and Navy they would have been unable to achieve their long string of victories against the forces of Russia, China, and Great Britain. Notable in these early campaigns were the successful strikes against both Singapore and Pearl Harbor.
Contents
- Foreword by Dr Williamson Murray
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Japanese Intelligence: A Brief Overview
- Chapter 2. The Imperial Japanese Army Signals Intelligence
- Chapter 3. The Imperial Japanese Army Human Intelligence
- Chapter 4. The Imperial Japanese Army Counter-Inteliigence
- Chapter 5. The Imperial Japanese Navy Intelligence
- Chapter 6. Analysis and Evaluation of Intelligence
- Chapter 7. Pre-War and Early Second World War Knowledge of Enemy Forces
- Chapter 8. Intelligence Use in Japanese War Tactics
- Chapter 9. Inteliigence Use in Japanese War Strategy
- Chapter 10. Japanese Failures in Intelligence Use
- Conclusion
- List of Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Hardback; September 2009; 232 pages; ISBN: 9781846034251