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World War I and the origins of U.S. military intelligence

World War I and the Origins of U.S. Military Intelligence provides the most authoritative overview of the birth of the army's modern use of intelligence services processes, starting with World War I. Following the natural division of the intelligence war, which was fought on both the home front...

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Main Author: Gilbert, James L. (James Leslie) 1943- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland Rowman & Littlefield [2015]
Subjects:
United States. > Department of the Army. > General Staff. > Military Intelligence Division > History
World War, 1914-1918 > Military intelligence > United States
Military intelligence > United States > History > 20th century
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Table of Contents:
  • Steps to war
  • The Signal Corps
  • The war in Europe
  • Captains
  • Small steps by the Signal Corps
  • The first shots in the intelligence war
  • An early test south of the border
  • America enters the war
  • Military Intelligence Section
  • The bigger picture
  • A counterintelligence problem
  • District of Columbia
  • Corps of Intelligence Police
  • Countersubversion
  • The civilian sector
  • The advent of Yardley
  • Reports and more reports
  • Censorship
  • An interim judgment
  • Intelligence and the AEF
  • The Information Division
  • A downed airship
  • Secret Service Division
  • Topography Division
  • Censorship Division
  • New Year's Eve
  • Securing the home front
  • Organizing counterintelligence
  • Counterintelligence in action
  • Intelligence gathering
  • Secret inks
  • More reports
  • Finishing the course
  • Propaganda
  • Attachés
  • Code making
  • Negative branch
  • The final report
  • Tested under fire
  • Intelligence in the field
  • Intelligence within Division
  • The Corps
  • Army headquarters
  • GHQ: filling the void
  • Stars and stripes
  • Combat artists
  • Securing the force
  • Making the airwaves secure
  • Course of the war
  • Coming to a close
  • First Army
  • Arrival of Van Deman
  • St. Mihiel
  • Meuse-Argonne
  • Security
  • The use of intelligence
  • Peace talks
  • Final evaluation
  • The aftermath
  • Peace conference
  • Sideshows
  • At home
  • A glimpse into the future
  • Appendix A: MI divisions in the War Department
  • Appendix B: Radio tractor units
  • Appendix C: G2 organization at GHQ
  • Appendix D: First Army Observation/Photo Air Service
  • Appendix E: First Army Signals Intelligence stations
  • Appendix F: First Army Security Service monitoring stations

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