Mercado stephen (19 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Soft cover. Zustand: VG+. 1st Edition.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 224 pages. 9.25x6.25x6.50 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. 2025. hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 352 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 224 pages. 9.25x6.25x6.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 224 pages. 9.25x6.25x6.50 inches. In Stock.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'While much has been written about the postwar recruitment of German spies and scientists, Mercado's new book, Japanese Spy Gear and Special Weapons, focuses on Japan's Noborito Research Institute--its origins, its work for Imperial Japan during the war, and America's use of the Noborito's veterans in the early Cold War years.' - Asian Review of BooksThe technicians of the 9th Army Technical Research Institute, known as the Noborito Research Institute, toiled in the shadows of the Second World War to develop spy gear and special weapons for the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA). Their espionage devices, including secret inks, bugging devices, and miniature cameras, helped the Army's dreaded Kempeitai and the shadowy Yama Agency counter foreign spies and track domestic dissent. Operatives of the IJA's Nakano School for intelligence operatives and commandos took the equipment into the field with them. Noborito's forgers reproduced Chinese currency in an operation to wreck China's economy. Scientists and technicians tested biological weapons on Chinese prisoners as part of a top-secret project fielded by the IJA's infamous Unit 731 and developed a virus into a weapon to strike at America's cattle herds. Others developed bombing balloons to attack the American heartland, a target that lay far beyond Japan's reach by conventional means. Stephen Mercado provides, in this first book in English on an intelligence organization little known outside Japan, an absorbing account of Noborito's activities.The author further recounts how, in the shadows of Occupied Japan, Noborito veterans entered US military service in secret, then applied their skills to operations during the Korean War and for years afterwards in the Cold War. Other veterans applied their skills to rebuilding Japan and turning the vanquished empire into a postwar industrial power. This story is one of talented technicians who served their country in war and peace.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 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 against American lines in Papua New Guinea, in the Philippines, and on Okinawa. They played major roles in operations to subvert British rule in India, and they organized Japanese civilians into guerrilla units that would have made the invasion of Japan a bloodbath. One graduate used his Nakano commando training to elude U.S. and Philippine military patrols until emerging from the jungle nearly thirty years after the war's end. In the decades after World War II, graduates of the school worked to obtain from the United States and Russia the release of imprisoned war criminals and the recovery of lost territory, including Okinawa. Based on archival research and the memoirs of Japanese veterans, 'The Shadow Warriors of Nakano' shines a much-needed light into the shadows of World War II and postwar Japanese affairs.A former CIA analyst and Asia expert, Stephen C. Mercado lives in the Washington, D.C., area. His articles have appeared in Intelligence and National Security, International Journal of Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence, and Studies in Intelligence.…

Zustand: NEW.

Tankobon Softcover. Zustand: Brand New. Japanese language. 5.87x0.91x8.27 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. 2022. tankobon_softcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.