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"Despite impressive exploits during World War II, Imperial Japan's military intelligence services remain virtually unknown. Stephen C. Mercado has written a pioneering study of the Imperial Japanese Army's elite Nakano School, which trained more than 2,000 men from 1938 to 1945 …
In the history of the twentieth century, the role of the military intelligence services in the competition among nations is still murky. Among the world's foremost intelligence services, those of Imperial Japan remain the least known. Few stories are as compelling as those surro…
Shortly after the First World War, General Sir George Macdonogh, wartime British Director of Military Intelligence, revealed that Lord Allenby's victory in Palestine had been certain because every one of his opponents' cards was known: Allenby was consequently able to play his o…
Shortly after the First World War, General Sir George Macdonogh, wartime British Director of Military Intelligence, revealed that Lord Allenby's victory in Palestine had been certain because every one of his opponents' cards was known: Allenby was consequently able to play his o…
Shortly after the First World War, General Sir George Macdonogh, wartime British Director of Military Intelligence, revealed that Lord Allenby's victory in Palestine had been certain because every one of his opponents' cards was known: Allenby was consequently able to play his o…
An incredible disclosure of army espionage on U.S. civilians and leftist groups.
"Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, a leading expert on the history of American espionage, here offers a lively and sweeping history of American secret intelligence from the founding of the nation through the present day. Jeffreys-Jones chronicles the extraordinary expansion of American sec…
"Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones here offers a history of American secret intelligence from the founding of the nation through the present day. Jeffreys-Jones chronicles the expansion of American secret intelligence from the 1790s, when George Washington set aside a discretionary fund for…
"This fast-paced history of the FBI presents the first balanced and complete portrait of the vast, powerful, and sometimes bitterly criticized American institution. Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, a well-known expert on U.S. intelligence agencies, tells the bureaus story in the context o…
This fast-paced history of the FBI presents the first balanced and complete portrait of the vast, powerful, and sometimes bitterly criticized American institution. Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, a well-known expert on U.S. intelligence agencies, tells the bureau's story in the context o…
British intelligence in Ireland, 1920-21: the final reports
by Hart, Peter
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"The Irish revolution of 1920-1921 ended in a military and political stalemate, resolved only through the mutual compromise incorporated in the Anglo-Irish Treaty. Historians have long accepted that the one conflict in which there was a clear winner was that of Intelligence, whe…
This is the first work to examine the phenomena of citizen espionage from the point of view of trust betrayal. Here is an effort to illuminate the social, political, and psychological conditions that influence trusted American citizens to spy against their country. The volume co…
How realistically did the British government assess the threat from Nazi Germany during the 1930s? How accurate was British intelligence's understanding of Hitler's aims and Germany's military and industrial capabilities? In The Ultimate Enemy, Wesley K. Wark catalogues the many…
Chiefly a collection of telegrams from Allen Welsh Dulles, as head of the Bern Office of the OSS, to headquarters in Washington; based on the operational records of the OSS (Record Group 226) in the U.S. National Archives.