LEADER 05590nam 22009855 450 001 996247998403316 005 20230828215226.0 010 $a0-674-03390-6 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674033900 035 $a(CKB)2550000001193153 035 $a(MH)011432624-X 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001114571 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11636971 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001114571 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11055448 035 $a(PQKB)11212159 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000941160 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11613889 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000941160 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10963852 035 $a(PQKB)11607853 035 $a(DE-B1597)209905 035 $a(OCoLC)877009841 035 $a(OCoLC)979721323 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674033900 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001193153 100 $a20190708d2009 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNexus $eStrategic Communications and American Security in World War I /$fJonathan Reed Winkler 210 1$aCambridge, MA : $cHarvard University Press, $d[2009] 210 4$dİ2008 215 $a1 online resource (347 p. )$cill., maps ; 225 0 $aHarvard Historical Studies ;$v162 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-02839-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 285-336) and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tMaps and Figures -- $tIntroduction -- $tONE The Information Network and the Outbreak of War -- $tTWO Neutrality and Vulnerability -- $tTHREE Security and Radios -- $tFOUR At War in Europe -- $tFIVE In Pursuit of Cables to Asia and the Americas -- $tSIX Radio, the Navy, and Latin America -- $tSEVEN The Quest for Independence -- $tEIGHT The Illusion of Success -- $tConclusion -- $tAbbreviations -- $tPrimary Sources -- $tNotes -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIndex 330 $aIn an illuminating study that blends diplomatic, military, technology, and business history, Jonathan Reed Winkler shows how U.S. officials during World War I discovered the enormous value of global communications. At the outbreak of war in 1914, British control of the cable network affected the Americans' ability to communicate internationally, and the development of radio worried the Navy about hemispheric security. The benefits of a U.S. network became evident during the war, especially in the gathering of intelligence. This led to the creation of a peacetime intelligence operation, later termed the "Black Chamber," that was the forerunner of the National Security Agency. After the war, U.S. companies worked to expand network service around the world but faced industrial limitations. Focused on security concerns, the Wilson administration objected to any collaboration with British companies that might alleviate this problem. Indeed, they went so far as to create a radio monopoly and use warships to block the landing of a cable at Miami. These efforts set important precedents for later developments in telephony, shortwave radio, satellites-even the internet. In this absorbing history, Winkler sheds light on the early stages of the global infrastructure that helped launch the United States as the predominant power of the century. 410 0$aHarvard historical studies ;$vv. 162. 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$zUnited States 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xDiplomatic history 606 $aNational security$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aStrategy$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xCommunications 606 $aCommunication, International$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aCommunication in politics$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xDiplomatic history$y20th century$zUnited States 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xHistory$y20th century$zUnited States 606 $aNational security$xHistory$y20th century$zUnited States 606 $aStrategy$xCommunications$y20th Century 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xHistory 606 $aCommunication, International$xHistory 606 $aCommunication in politics 606 $aHistory & Archaeology$2HILCC 606 $aHistory - General$2HILCC 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1913-1921 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xDiplomatic history. 615 0$aNational security$xHistory 615 0$aStrategy$xHistory 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xCommunications. 615 0$aCommunication, International$xHistory 615 0$aCommunication in politics$xHistory 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xDiplomatic history 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xHistory 615 0$aNational security$xHistory 615 0$aStrategy$xCommunications 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xHistory 615 0$aCommunication, International$xHistory 615 0$aCommunication in politics 615 7$aHistory & Archaeology 615 7$aHistory - General 676 $a358 700 $aWinkler$b Jonathan Reed , $0944843 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996247998403316 996 $aNexus$92325122 997 $aUNISA 999 $aThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress