"One of the finest works yet to appear in the growing field of World War II communications intelligence. Boyd has an unparalleled grasp of the MAGIC files"--Journal of American History. "Of considerable interest to students of intelligence and the Second World War". -- Foreign Affairs.

1. Oshima and the MAGIC Road to Pearl Harbor -- 2. Oshima's MAGIC Messages in the Aftermath of Pearl Harbor -- 3. The MAGIC Perspective of Strategic Change in 1942 -- 4. MAGIC and the Enigma of the Eastern Front -- 5. MAGIC Intelligence during the President's Travels in 1943 -- 6. The MAGIC of OVERLORD and the Surprise of the Ardennes -- 7. MAGIC and the Question of a German-Soviet Separate Peace -- 8. MAGIC and the End of the Third Reich -- Appendix 1: MAGIC Messages Concerning a Visit of the Japanese Ambassador in Berlin to the German Defenses in France -- Appendix 2: Letter from Eisenhower to Major General Sir Stewart Menzies -- Appendix 3: Intelligence Agreement between the United States and Great Britain -- Appendix 4: Letter from Marshall to Eisenhower.