It is a superbly well-documented piece of historical research and it’s clear that the author, Robert Whymant, spared no effort in combing, analyzing and recounting the historic record on this extraordinary spy and the network he painstakingly built up in Tokyo in the run up to and start of the Second World War.
A review of the book’s endnotes (it is extensively footnoted) shows that Whymant relied on a variety of sources, both official and private, including Soviet, Japanese and German archives as well as on personal accounts of those who knew and worked with the protagonists.
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