I've been interested in the history of code talkers since I first heard about them and this was a great read for adults or kids. While you could tell there was some subjectivity to the way it was presented the bias wasn't so strong that you felt your emotions were being directed. It was just an awesome read. Not only did you learn about the code talkers themselves, but there was a lot of information on decoding and the war itself. And given that the Navajos who served in the war were heroes...that the book was clearly sympathetic toward their side felt justified.
I highlighted a bunch of interesting stuff in the book--and actually stopped reading to go tell people in my family about what I was reading...this excerpt from the book on the code they created was really interesting:
This alphabet was especially useful in communicating locations. For example, if a code talker was transmitting orders to attack the island of Saipan, he could say "Al-tah-je-jay dsibeh wol-la-chee tkin bi-sodih wol-la-chee nesh-chee." The code talker receiving the message would translate this message as "Attack sheep ant ice pig ant nut." He would recognize the alphabet words and would spell out "Saipan," using the first letters of each of the English words.
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Great subject and a well-written book. You can't go wrong with this one.
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