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Author : John Keegan
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 29,37 MB
Release : 2003-10-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1400041937

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A masterly look at the value and limitations of intelligence in the conduct of war from the premier military historian of our time, John Keegan. Intelligence gathering is an immensely complicated and vulnerable endeavor. And it often fails. Until the invention of the telegraph and radio, information often traveled no faster than a horse could ride, yet intelligence helped defeat Napoleon. In the twentieth century, photo analysts didn’t recognize Germany’s V-2 rockets for what they were; on the other hand, intelligence helped lead to victory over the Japanese at Midway. In Intelligence in War, John Keegan illustrates that only when paired with force has military intelligence been an effective tool, as it may one day be in besting al-Qaeda.

Author : Thomas Powers
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 27,28 MB
Release : 2004-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781590170984

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This updated edition contains new analysis on the situation in Iraq and the war against terrorism. Sold over 10,000 copies in hardcover. No one outside the intelligence services knows more about their culture than Thomas Powers. In this book he tells stories of shadowy successes, ghastly failures, and, more often, gripping uncertainties. They range from the CIA's long cold war struggle with its Russian adversary to debates about the use of secret intelligence in a democratic society, and urgent contemporary issues such as whether the CIA and the FBI can defend America against terrorism.

Author : John Keegan
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 22,29 MB
Release : 2004-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0676976379

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Pre-eminent war historian John Keegan sets out to answer the question, how much does military intelligence matter to victory? By examining case studies from Nelson’s pursuit of Napoleon’s Fleet across the Mediterranean in 1788 to the Battle of the Atlantic in 1940, Keegan gives us a new history of war through the prism of intelligence.

Author : William B. Feis
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 38,55 MB
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780803220058

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A history professor sheds light on Grant's often successful intelligence efforts during the Civil War, showing how he was able to overcome Lee's mobility with effective eyes and ears trained on his movements.

Author : James L. Gilbert
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 12,88 MB
Release : 2012-09-27
Category : History
ISBN : 0810884607

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In World War I and the Origins of U.S. Military Intelligence, military historian James L. Gilbert provides an authoritative overview of the birth of modern Army intelligence. Following the natural division of the intelligence war, which was fought on both the home front and overseas, Gilbert traces the development and use of intelligence and counterintelligence through the eyes of their principal architects: General Dennis E. Nolan and Colonel Ralph Van Deman. Gilbert explores how on the home front, US Army counterintelligence faced both internal and external threats that began with the Army’s growing concerns over the loyalty of resident aliens who were being drafted into the ranks and soon evolved into the rooting out of enemy saboteurs and spies intent on doing great harm to America’s war effort. To achieve their goals, counterintelligence personnel relied upon major strides in the areas of code breaking and detection of secret inks. Overseas, the intelligence effort proved far more extensive in terms of resources and missions, even reaching into nearby neutral countries. Intelligence within the American Expeditionary Forces was heavily indebted to its Allied counterparts who not only provided an organizational blueprint but also veteran instructors and equipment needed to train newly arriving intelligence specialists. Rapid advances by American intelligence were also made possible by the appointment of competent leaders and the recruitment of highly motivated and skilled personnel; likewise, the Army’s decision to assign the bulk of its linguists to support intelligence proved critical. World War I would witness the linkage between intelligence and emerging technologies—from the use of cameras in aircraft to the intercept of enemy radio transmissions. Equally significant was the introduction of new intelligence disciplines—from exploitation of captured equipment to the translation of enemy documents. These and other functions that emerged from World War I would continue to the present to provide military intelligence with the essential tools necessary to support the Army and the nation. World War I and the Origins of U.S. Military Intelligence is ideal not only for students and scholars of military history and World War I, but will also appeal to any reader interested in how modern intelligence operations first evolved.

Author : Michael I. Handel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 16,74 MB
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1136286314

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Investigating the logic, conduct and nature of war on the highest political and strategic levels, these essays put less emphasis on operational and tactical aspects. They look at the impact of technology on warfare, the political nature of war and the limits of rational analysis in studying war.

Author : F. H. Hinsley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 35,18 MB
Release : 1990-10-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521401456

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Volume 5 of the Official History of Intelligence in the Second World War, Strategic Deception, brings the series to an end. Strategic deception depends for its success on the availability of good security and good intelligence. The first three volumes of the series described the intelligence channels that gave the Allies their incomparable insight into enemy capabilities and intentions.

Author : David Grantham
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 21,11 MB
Release : 2020-10
Category :
ISBN : 9780984406319

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A riveting, behind-the-scenes account one man's journey as an intelligence officer with the elite and secretive Air Force Office of Special Investigations at the height of the Iraq war. A charming and sobering story of the pleasures and consequences that come with wartime intelligence."Consequences by David Grantham provides a unique and fascinating window into the nuts and bolts of OSI counterintelligence operations. You won't be disappointed." - Fred Burton, author of Beirut Rules: The Murder of a CIA Station Chief and Hezbollah's War Against America

Author : Sam J Tangredi
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 10,44 MB
Release : 2021-03-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1682476340

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Artificial intelligence (AI) may be the most beneficial technological development of the twenty-first century.Media hype and raised expectations for results, however, have clouded understanding of the true nature of AI—including its limitations and potential. AI at War provides a balanced and practical understanding of applying AI to national security and warfighting professionals as well as a wide array of other readers. Although the themes and findings of the chapters are relevant across the U.S. Department of Defense, to include all Services, the Joint Staff and defense agencies as well as allied and partner ministries of defense, this book is a case study of warfighting functions in the Naval Services—the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps. Sam J. Tangredi and George Galdorisi bring together over thirty experts, ranging from former DOD officials and retired flag officers to scientists and active duty junior officers. These contributors present views on a vast spectrum of subjects pertaining to the implementation of AI in modern warfare, including strategy, policy, doctrine, weapons, and ethical concerns.

Author : Thomas Leahy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 35,82 MB
Release : 2020-03-26
Category : History
ISBN : 1108487505

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Thomas Leahy investigates whether informers, Special Forces and other British intelligence operations forced the IRA into peace in the 1990s.