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- Book Title
- Uncovering Ways of War : U. S. Intelligence and Foreign Military Innovation, 1918-1941
- Publication Name
- Uncovering Ways of War
- Title
- Uncovering Ways of War
- Subtitle
- U.S. Intelligence and Foreign Military Innovation, 1918–1941
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0801475740
- EAN
- 9780801475740
- ISBN
- 9780801475740
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, History
- Topic
- Military / General, General
- Release Year
- 2009
- Release Date
- 03/09/2009
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 16 Oz
- Series
- Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Number of Pages
- 208 Pages
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Intelligence operations face the challenging task of predicting the shape of future wars. This task is hindered by their limited ability to warn of peacetime foreign military innovation. Using formerly classified sources?in particular, the reports of military attachés and other diplomat-officers?Thomas G. Mahnken sheds light on the shadowy world of U.S. intelligence-gathering, tracing how America learned of military developments in Japan, Germany, and Great Britain in the period between the two world wars. The interwar period witnessed both a considerable shift in the balance of power in Europe and Asia and the emergence of new ways of war, such as carrier aviation, amphibious operations, and combined-arms armored warfare. American attempts to follow these developments, Mahnken says, illustrate the problems that intelligence organizations face in their efforts to bridge the gulf between prewar expectations and wartime reality. He finds three reasons for intelligence's relative lack of success: intelligence agencies are more inclined to monitor established weapons systems than to search for new ones; their attention is more likely to focus on technology and doctrine already demonstrated in combat; and they have more success identifying innovation in areas their own country is testing. Uncovering Ways of War substantially revises the perception of how American intelligence performed prior to World War II. Mahnken challenges the assumption that intelligence regarding foreign militaries had little influence on the development of U.S. weapons and doctrine. Finally, he explains the obstacles these agencies must still negotiate as they seek to understand foreign efforts to exploit the information revolution.
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Cornell University Press
ISBN-10
0801475740
ISBN-13
9780801475740
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73263841
Product Key Features
Book Title
Uncovering Ways of War : U. S. Intelligence and Foreign Military Innovation, 1918-1941
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Military / General, General
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Technology & Engineering, History
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
16 Oz
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Ub251
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College Graduate Student
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This book is an important contribution to the scholarship on intelligence and its role in determining how militaries plan for future wars., "This is an analytic study of American intelligence gathering about technological developments in Britain, Germany, and Japan, as well as what was--or wasn't--learned and the uses to which the information was put. In the process, the book discusses the American military attach system, which, it appears, was the most extensive of any of the great powers, evaluates the overall effectiveness of the effort, and throws some light on a few surprising corners, such the obstacles created by the Neutrality Acts in terms of intelligence co-operation with Britain."--NYMAS Newsletter, Winter-Spring 2003, "Overall, the book is a useful, readable survey of an important aspect of the overlap of military and naval affairs, diplomacy, and intelligence."--International History Review, June 2003, "Mahnken has written an interesting and provocative book that should be of great interest to historians, military professionals, and policy makers. . . . This book is a must-read for a broad audience. Highly recommended."--Choice, June 2003, "Mahnken has illuminated a significant but neglected topic. His important book will interest students of interwar military history and will be required reading for intelligence historians."-Journal of Military History, "Uncovering Ways of War presents an important revision of the accepted wisdom about the character, scope, and success or failure of the American intelligence effort in the years between the two world wars. Thomas G. Mahnken makes extensive use of archival materials and thoroughly surveys the historical and theoretical literature to build a solid picture of military intelligence in peacetime."--Roger Dingman, University of Southern California, "An important argument rendered with deftness and economy and rich in insights for those contemplating more recent failures of intelligence."-Foreign Affairs, Overall, the book is a useful, readable survey of an important aspect of the overlap of military and naval affairs, diplomacy, and intelligence., An important argument rendered with deftness and economy and rich in insights for those contemplating more recent failures of intelligence., "This is an analytic study of American intelligence gathering about technological developments in Britain, Germany, and Japan, as well as what was-or wasn't-learned and the uses to which the information was put. In the process, the book discusses the American military attaché system, which, it appears, was the most extensive of any of the great powers, evaluates the overall effectiveness of the effort, and throws some light on a few surprising corners, such the obstacles created by the Neutrality Acts in terms of intelligence co-operation with Britain."-NYMAS Newsletter, Winter-Spring 2003, "An important argument rendered with deftness and economy and rich in insights for those contemplating more recent failures of intelligence."--Foreign Affairs, "This is an analytic study of American intelligence gathering about technological developments in Britain, Germany, and Japan, as well as what was--or wasn't--learned and the uses to which the information was put. In the process, the book discusses the American military attaché system, which, it appears, was the most extensive of any of the great powers, evaluates the overall effectiveness of the effort, and throws some light on a few surprising corners, such the obstacles created by the Neutrality Acts in terms of intelligence co-operation with Britain."--NYMAS Newsletter, Winter-Spring 2003, "Uncovering Ways of War presents an important revision of the accepted wisdom about the character, scope, and success or failure of the American intelligence effort in the years between the two world wars. Thomas G. Mahnken makes extensive use of archival materials and thoroughly surveys the historical and theoretical literature to build a solid picture of military intelligence in peacetime."-Roger Dingman, University of Southern California, "This book is an important contribution to the scholarship on intelligence and its role in determining how militaries plan for future wars."-Virginia Quarterly Review, Mahnken has illuminated a significant but neglected topic. His important book will interest students of interwar military history and will be required reading for intelligence historians., "This is an analytic study of American intelligence gathering about technological developments in Britain, Germany, and Japan, as well as what was-or wasn't-learned and the uses to which the information was put. In the process, the book discusses the American military attach system, which, it appears, was the most extensive of any of the great powers, evaluates the overall effectiveness of the effort, and throws some light on a few surprising corners, such the obstacles created by the Neutrality Acts in terms of intelligence co-operation with Britain."-NYMAS Newsletter, Winter-Spring 2003, "Mahnken has written an interesting and provocative book that should be of great interest to historians, military professionals, and policy makers. . . . This book is a must-read for a broad audience. Highly recommended."-Choice, June 2003, "This book is an important contribution to the scholarship on intelligence and its role in determining how militaries plan for future wars."--Virginia Quarterly Review, "Overall, the book is a useful, readable survey of an important aspect of the overlap of military and naval affairs, diplomacy, and intelligence."-International History Review, June 2003, This is an analytic study of American intelligence gathering about technological developments in Britain, Germany, and Japan, as well as what was--or wasn't--learned and the uses to which the information was put. In the process, the book discusses the American military attaché system, which, it appears, was the most extensive of any of the great powers, evaluates the overall effectiveness of the effort, and throws some light on a few surprising corners, such the obstacles created by the Neutrality Acts in terms of intelligence co-operation with Britain., "Correcting expert conventional wisdom, Mahnken shows that in a crucial period military intelligence was not obtuse, not blind to innovation, not useless. This fascinating study offers hope for the future."-Richard K. Betts, Columbia University, "Mahnken has illuminated a significant but neglected topic. His important book will interest students of interwar military history and will be required reading for intelligence historians."--Journal of Military History, "Correcting expert conventional wisdom, Mahnken shows that in a crucial period military intelligence was not obtuse, not blind to innovation, not useless. This fascinating study offers hope for the future."--Richard K. Betts, Columbia University
Copyright Date
2009
Dewey Decimal
355.34320973
Intended Audience
Trade
Series
Cornell Studies in Security Affairs Ser.
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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