World War I and the origins of U.S. military intelligence / / James L. Gilbert
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| Autore: |
Gilbert James L (James Leslie), <1943->
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| Titolo: |
World War I and the origins of U.S. military intelligence / / James L. Gilbert
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, MD, : Scarecrow Press, 2012 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 940.4/8673 |
| Soggetto topico: | World War, 1914-1918 - Military intelligence - United States |
| Military intelligence - United States - History - 20th century | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Foreword; Preface; Ch01. Steps to War; Ch02. America Enters the War; Ch03. Intelligence and the AEF; Ch04. Securing the Home Front; Photospread; Ch05. Tested under Fire; Ch06. Coming to a Close; Ch07. The Aftermath; Appendix A. Military Intelligence Division in the War Department; Appendix B. Radio-Tractor Units; Appendix C. G2 Organization at GHQ; Appendix D. First Army Observation/Photo Air Service, November 1918; Appendix E. First Army Signals Intelligence Stations, November 1918; Appendix F. First Army Security Service Monitoring Stations, November 1918; Bibliography; Index |
| About the Author | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 intereste |
| Titolo autorizzato: | World War I and the origins of U.S. military intelligence |
| ISBN: | 1-283-62460-5 |
| 9786613937056 | |
| 0-8108-8460-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910818953903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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