Intelligence and strategy : selected essays / / John Robert Ferris

• Autore: Ferris John Robert <1956->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (409 p.)
• Disciplina: 355.3/432
• Soggetto topico: Military intelligence; Strategy; Military history, Modern - 19th century; Military history, Modern - 20th century; Military history, Modern - 21st century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 328-386) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Half Title: Intelligence and Strategy; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1 Lord Salisbury, Secret Intelligence and British Policy Toward Russia and Central Asia, 1874-1878; 2 "Indlged in all too Little"?; 3 Image and Accident; 4 The British "Enigma"; 5 The British Army; 6 Intelligence, Uncertainty and the Art Command in Military Operations; 7 NCW, C4ISR, IO and RMA; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: John Ferris' work in strategic and intelligence history is widely praised for its originality and the breadth of its research. At last his major pioneering articles are now available in this one single volume. In Intelligence and Strategy these essential articles have been fundamentally revised to incorporate new evidence and information withheld by governments when they were first published. This volume reshapes the study of communications intelligence by tracing Britain's development of cipher machines providing the context to Ultra and Enigma, and by explaining how Britis
• Titolo autorizzato: Intelligence and strategy
• ISBN: 1-134-23334-5; 1-134-23335-3; 1-281-15753-8; 9786611157531; 0-203-96391-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808706403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in intelligence series.