Knowing one's enemies
Subtitle: intelligence assessment before the two world wars
By: edited by Ernest R. May.
Contributors: May, Ernest R.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 561
Subjects: Intelligence service -- History -- 20th century.; Military intelligence -- History -- 20th century.
Description: Intelligence is a major and hitherto little addressed issue of modern diplomatic and strategic history. Knowing One?s Enemies fills a void in twentieth-century history by telling the story of intelligence agencies from the early nineteen-hundreds to World War II. In essays that illuminate not only the recent past but shortcomings in today?s intelligence assessments, sixteen experts show how prospective antagonists appraised each other prior to the World Wars. On the Military Intelligence Branch History Reading List 2012.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.