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UNINA9910829101503321 |
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Autore |
Beach Jim <1969-> |
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Titolo |
Haig's intelligence : GHQ and the German Army, 1916-1918 / / Jim Beach [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
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1-107-46158-8 |
1-139-89297-5 |
1-107-45948-6 |
1-107-47225-3 |
1-107-46520-6 |
1-107-46870-1 |
1-139-60052-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvi, 369 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Cambridge military histories |
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Soggetti |
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World War, 1914-1918 - Military intelligence - Great Britain |
World War, 1914-1918 - Campaigns - Western Front |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Organisation -- Leadership -- Personnel -- Frontline -- Espionage -- Photography -- Signals -- Analysis -- Somme -- Arras -- Third Ypres -- Cambrai -- German offensives -- Hundred days -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Identifications of German units at the front, 1916-1918 -- Appendix 2: Contribution of sources to identification of German units at the front, 1916-1918 -- Appendix 3: British assessments of German divisions on the Western Front, October 1918. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Haig's Intelligence is an important study of Douglas Haig's controversial command during the First World War. Based on extensive new research, it addresses a perennial question about the British army on the Western Front between 1916 and 1918: why did they think they were winning? Jim Beach reveals how the British perceived the German army through a study of the development of the British intelligence system, its personnel and the ways in which intelligence was gathered. He also examines how intelligence shaped strategy and operations by exploring the influence of intelligence in creating perceptions of the enemy. He |
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