{"product_id":"9781628721386","title":"The Emperor's Codes: The Thrilling Story of the Allied Code Breakers Who Turned the Tide of World War II","description":"In this gripping, previously untold story from World War II, Michael  Smith examines how code breakers cracked Japan’s secret codes and  won the war in the Pacific. He also takes the reader step by step  through the process, explaining exactly how the code breakers went  about their daunting task—made even more difficult by the vast  linguistic differences between Japanese and English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Emperor’s Codes\u003c\/i\u003e moves across the world from Bletchley Park to  Pearl Harbor, from Singapore to Colombo, and from Mombasa  to Melbourne. It tells the stories of John Tiltman, the British soldier turned code breaker who made many of the early breaks in  Japanese diplomatic and military codes; Commander Joe Rochedort, the leading expert on Japanese in U.S. naval intelligence;  Eric Nave, the Australian sailor who pioneered breakthroughs in  deciphering Japanese naval codes; and Oshima Hiroshi, the hard-drinking Japanese ambassador to Berlin whose candid, often verbose reports to Tokyo of his conversations with Hitler and other  high-ranking Nazis were a major source of intelligence in the war  against Germany. Without the dedication demonstrated by these  relatively unsung heroes, the outcome of World War II might have  been very different.","brand":"Arcade","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47163350417648,"sku":"9781628721386","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781628721386_p0.jpg?v=1763869178","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781628721386","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}