World War I and the origins of U.S. military intelligence
By: James L. Gilbert
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9780810884595; 9780810884601
Subjects: United States; World War, 1914-1918; History; United States. Dept. of the Army. General Staff. Military Intelligence Division; Military intelligence
Description: World War I and the Origins of U.S. Military Intelligence provides the most authoritative overview of the birth of the Army's modern use of intelligence services processes, starting with World War I. Following the natural division of the intelligence war, which was fought on both the home front and overseas, Gilbert tracks the development and use of Army intelligence through the eyes of its principal architects: General Dennis B. Nolan and Colonel Ralph Van Deman. It is ideal not only for students and scholars of military history and World War I, but it will also appeal to any reader interested...
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Steps to war; title: The Signal Corps; title: The war in Europe; title: Captains; title: Small steps by the Signal Corps; title: The first shots in the intelligence war; title: An early test south of the border; title: America enters the war; title: Military Intelligence Section; title: The bigger picture; title: A counterintelligence problem; title: District of Columbia; title: Corps of Intelligence Police; title: Countersubversion; title: The civilian sector; title: The advent of Yardley; title: Reports and more reports; title: Censorship; title: An interim judgment; title: Intelligence and the AEF; title: The Information Division; title: A downed airship; title: Secret Service Division; title: Topography Division; title: Censorship Division; title: New Year's Eve; title: Securing the home front; title: Organizing counterintelligence; title: Counterintelligence in action; title: Intelligence gathering; title: Secret inks; title: More reports; title: Finishing the course; title: Propaganda; title: Attachés; title: Code making; title: Negative branch; title: The final report; title: Tested under fire; title: Intelligence in the field; title: Intelligence within Division; title: The Corps; title: Army headquarters; title: GHQ: filling the void; title: Stars and stripes; title: Combat artists; title: Securing the force; title: Making the airwaves secure; title: Course of the war; title: Coming to a close; title: First Army; title: Arrival of Van Deman; title: St. Mihiel; title: Meuse-Argonne; title: Security; title: The use of intelligence; title: Peace talks; title: Final evaluation; title: The aftermath; title: Peace conference; title: Sideshows; title: At home; title: A glimpse into the future; title: Appendix A: MI divisions in the War Department; title: Appendix B: Radio tractor units; title: Appendix C: G2 organization at GHQ; title: Appendix D: First Army Observation/Photo Air Service; title: Appendix E: First Army Signals Intelligence stations; title: Appendix F: First Army Security Service monitoring stations.