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2003

Format:	Book
Author:	Keegan, John, 1934-2012.
Title:	Intelligence in war : knowledge of the enemy from Napoleon to al-Qaeda / John Keegan.
Edition:	1st American ed.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Knopf, 2003.
Description:	xx, 387 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Summary:	Examines a series of historical wartime events to delineate the strategies and outcomes of each while linking the function of their intelligence operations, refuting perceptions that intelligence superiority is a key to war success.
Subjects:	Military intelligence -- History.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-368) and index.
Contents:	Knowledge of the enemy -- Chasing Napoleon -- Local knowledge : Stonewall Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley -- Wireless intelligence -- Crete : foreknowledge no help -- Midway : the complete intelligence victory? -- Intelligence, one factor among many : the Battle of the Atlantic -- Human intelligence and secret weapons -- Military intelligence since 1945 -- The value of military intelligence.
LCCN:	2002044828
ISBN:	9780375400537 0375400532
Other Number:	51275201
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Call Number:	355.3432 Keegan

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