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Cautious Beginnings: Canadian Foreign Intelligence, 1939-51 by Jensen, Kurt F.
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- Publication Name
- Cautious Beginnings : Canadian Foreign Intelligence, 1939-51
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- University of British Columbia Press
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- Military / World War II, Intelligence & Espionage, Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-), Military / Canada
- Publication Year
- 2009
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- English
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University of British Columbia Press
ISBN-10
0774814837
ISBN-13
9780774814836
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71101011
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264 Pages
Publication Name
Cautious Beginnings : Canadian Foreign Intelligence, 1939-51
Language
English
Subject
Military / World War II, Intelligence & Espionage, Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-), Military / Canada
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, History
Format
Trade Paperback
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Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
12.7 Oz
Item Length
8.9 in
Item Width
6 in
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Scholarly & Professional
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2010-290779
Dewey Edition
23
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Jensen's work will prove to be a significant historiographical foundation on which future scholars will undoubtedly build their own studies of intelligence in the later Cold War and post-9/11 periods., Kurt Jensen's well-researched Cautious Beginnings: Canadian Foreign Intelligence 1939-51 sets out the historical case for Canada's decision in 1951 to not create its own clandestine foreign intelligence service.
Number of Volumes
1 vol.
Dewey Decimal
940.54/8671
Table Of Content
Introduction 1 Foreign Intelligence at the Beginning of the War 2 The Birth of the Examination Unit 3 Building Alliances 4 Canadian HUMINT Collection 5 The Mousetrap Operation, 1942-43 6 Canadian Intelligence at War 7 Planning for Postwar SIGINT 8 Postwar Intelligence Structures 9 The Postwar SIGINT Community Conclusion Notes Bibliography
Synopsis
When the Second World War began, Canada had no foreign intelligence capacity. Its political leaders had concluded that a clandestine service was not necessary to meet the nation's intelligence requirements. Yet Kurt F. Jensen argues that the country was a more active intelligence partner in the wartime alliance than has previously been suggested. Drawing on newly released materials and exhaustive research, he describes Canada's contributions to Allied intelligence before the war began, as well as the distinctly Canadian activities that started from that point. He reveals how the government created an intelligence organization during the war to aid Allied resources and established operations such as SIGINT, or Signal Intelligence, which intercepted and decrypted Vichy and Free French diplomatic communications. Cautious Beginnings spans the period from 1939 to 1951, when key policy and personnel structures were put in place. In the postwar years, Canada reconfigured its foreign intelligence operations to meet the challenges of a changing world, and by the early 1950s possessed resources that rivalled or exceeded those of many other nations. This is a convincing portrait of a nation with an active role in Second World War intelligence gathering, one that continues to influence the architecture of its current capabilities. This book will interest students and academics in Canadian history, political science, military history, specialists in the field, and anyone interested in the often mysterious world of foreign intelligence., Kurt F. Jensen argues that Canada was a more active intelligence partner in the Second World War alliance than has previously been suggested. He describes Canada's contributions to Allied intelligence before the war began, as well as the distinctly Canadian activities that started from that point. He reveals how the government created an intelligence organization during the war to aid Allied resources. This is a convincing portrait of a nation with an active role in Second World War intelligence gathering, one that continues to influence the architecture of its current capabilities., When the Second World War began, Canada had no foreign intelligence capacity. Its political leaders had concluded that a clandestine service was not necessary to meet the nation's intelligence requirements. Yet Kurt F. Jensen argues that the country was a more active intelligence partner in the wartime alliance than has previously been suggested. Drawing on newly released materials and exhaustive research, he describes Canada's contributions to Allied intelligence before the war began, as well as the distinctly Canadian activities that started from that point. He reveals how the government created an intelligence organization during the war to aid Allied resources and established operations such as SIGINT, or Signal Intelligence, which intercepted and decrypted Vichy and Free French diplomatic communications. Cautious Beginnings spans the period from 1939 to 1951, when key policy and personnel structures were put in place. In the postwar years, Canada reconfigured its foreign intelligence operations to meet the challenges of a changing world, and by the early 1950s possessed resources that rivalled or exceeded those of many other nations. This is a convincing portrait of a nation with an active role in Second World War intelligence gathering, one that continues to influence the architecture of its current capabilities. Drawing on newly released materials and exhaustive research, this book will greatly interest students and academics in Canadian history, political science, military history, specialists in the field, and anyone interested in the often mysterious world of foreign intelligence.
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UB251.C3.J45 2008
Copyright Date
2008
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