Intelligence in war
Subtitle: knowledge of the enemy from Napoleon to al-Qaeda
By: John Keegan.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Knopf
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 387
Subjects: Military intelligence -- History.
Description: Examines a series of historical wartime events to delineate the strategies and outcomes of each while linking the function of their intelligence operations, refuting perceptions that intelligence superiority is a key to war success.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-368) and index.
Table of contents: title: Knowledge of the enemy; title: Chasing Napoleon; title: Local knowledge : Stonewall Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley; title: Wireless intelligence; title: Crete : foreknowledge no help; title: Midway : the complete intelligence victory?; title: Intelligence, one factor among many : the Battle of the Atlantic; title: Human intelligence and secret weapons; title: Military intelligence since 1945; title: The value of military intelligence.