Japanese Spy Gear & Special Weapons
how noborito's scientists and technicians served in the second world war and the cold war
$65.05
- Hardcover
224 pages
- Release Date
30 August 2025
Summary
Secrets of Noborito: Japan’s WWII Spy Tech and Special Weapons
The technicians of the 9th Military 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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781036107987 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1036107981 |
| Author: | Stephen C. Mercado |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 30 August 2025 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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About The Author
Stephen C. Mercado
Stephen Mercado, the author of The Shadow Warriors of Nakano: A History of the Imperial Japanese Army’s Elite Intelligence School, has also written a dozen articles and several dozen book reviews on Asian and open-source intelligence. His writing has appeared in the journals Intelligence and National Security, International Journal of Intelligence and Counter Intelligence, and Studies in Intelligence. His translations include numerous declassified Chinese and Japanese diplomatic documents published as part of the Woodrow Wilson Center’s Cold War International History Project. Retired from the CIA Open Source Enterprise, he has twice won a CIA Studies in Intelligence award for his writings. He holds a master’s degree in international affairs from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.
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