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Knowing one's enemies : intelligence assessment before the two world wars /
In essays that illuminate not only the recent past but shortcomings in today's intelligence assessments, sixteen experts show how prospective antagonists appraised each other prior to the World Wars. This cautionary tale, warns that intelligence agencies can do certain things very well--but oth...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©1984.
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| Colección: | Princeton legacy library.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In essays that illuminate not only the recent past but shortcomings in today's intelligence assessments, sixteen experts show how prospective antagonists appraised each other prior to the World Wars. This cautionary tale, warns that intelligence agencies can do certain things very well--but other things poorly, if at all. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts o. Intelligence is a major and hitherto little addressed issue of modern diplomatic and strategic history. Knowing One's Enemies fills a void in twentieth-century history by telling the story of intelligence agencies from the early nineteen-hundreds to World War II. In essays that illuminate not only the recent past but shortcomings in today's intelligence assessments, sixteen experts show how prospective antagonists appraised each other prior to the World Wars. On the Military Intelligence Branch History Reading List 2012. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 561 pages) : maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400856060 140085606X 9781322010328 1322010323 |