Double-edged secrets
Subtitle: U.S. naval intelligence operations in the Pacific during World War II
By: W. J. Holmes.
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Annapolis
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 231
Copyright date: 1979
Subjects: Holmes, W. J. -- 1900-1986; United States. -- Navy -- Biography; World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- United States; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area; Sailors -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Personal narratives, American; Biography
Description: From the Preface...

Experience proved that intelligence functions best when limited to its proper tasks: the collection, collation, evaluation, and distribution of information concerning the enemy.  Although. for best efficiency, those who work in intelligence must cooperate closely with those who use it, they must never attempt to usurp the functions of either those who make plans or those who direct operations.

As this book demonstrates, secrecy is often essential to security and continuing production of intelligence, but it is a double-edged weapon that must be wielded carefully lest it would the wielder ,ore deeply that the enemy. Restricting intelligence to "those who need to know" sometimes requires both omniscience and omnipotence.
Notes: Includes index.

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Table of contents: title: Forward
pagenum: vii; title: Preface
pagenum: ix; label: Chapter 1
pagenum: 1; label: Chapter 2
pagenum: 9; label: Chapter 3
pagenum: 18; label: Chapter 4
pagenum: 30; label: Chapter 5
pagenum: 44; label: Chapter 6
pagenum: 53; label: Chapter 7
pagenum: 67; label: Chapter 8
pagenum: 77; label: Chapter 9
pagenum: 85; label: Chapter 10
pagenum: 100; label: Chapter 11
pagenum: 118; label: Chapter 12
pagenum: 130; label: Chapter 13
pagenum: 150; label: Chapter 14
pagenum: 164; label: Chapter 15
pagenum: 181; label: Chapter 16
pagenum: 196; label: Chapter 17
pagenum: 209; title: Index
pagenum: 219; title: Maps
pagenum: 232