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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780857303321

Autore

Jensen Kurt F (Kurt Frank), <1946->

Titolo

Cautious beginnings [[electronic resource] ] : Canadian foreign intelligence, 1939-51 / / Kurt F. Jensen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver, : UBC Press, c2008

ISBN

1-282-45737-3

9786612457371

0-7748-1484-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

940.54/8671

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Military intelligence - Canada

World War, 1939-1945 - Secret service - Canada

Military intelligence - Canada - History - 20th century

Intelligence service - Canada - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreign intelligence at the beginning of the war -- The birth of the Examination Unit -- Building alliances -- Canadian HUMINT collection -- The Mousetrap Operation, 1942-43 -- Canadian intelligence at war -- Planning for postwar SIGINT -- Postwar intelligence structures -- The postwar SIGINT community -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Kurt F. Jensen argues that Canada was a more active intelligence partner in the Second World War alliance than has previously been suggested. He describes Canada's contributions to Allied intelligence before the war began, as well as the distinctly Canadian activities that started from that point. He reveals how the government created an intelligence organization during the war to aid Allied resources. This is a convincing portrait of a nation with an active role in Second World War intelligence gathering, one that continues to influence the architecture of its current capabilities.