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Most Secret and Confidential
Steven E. Maffeo
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Description for Most Secret and Confidential
Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, maps, frontispiece, figures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.
In today's world of satellites and electronic eavesdropping, it is hard to appreciate the difficulties involved two centuries ago in collecting and disseminating secret intelligence in time of war. This book treats readers to a close-up look at the ingenious methods used to obtain and analyse secret material and deliver it to operational forces at sea. It brings together information from a variety of sources to provide the first concise analysis of the use and development of intelligence in the days of fighting sail. The British experience from 1793 to 1815 is the book's main focus, but ... Read more
In today's world of satellites and electronic eavesdropping, it is hard to appreciate the difficulties involved two centuries ago in collecting and disseminating secret intelligence in time of war. This book treats readers to a close-up look at the ingenious methods used to obtain and analyse secret material and deliver it to operational forces at sea. It brings together information from a variety of sources to provide the first concise analysis of the use and development of intelligence in the days of fighting sail. The British experience from 1793 to 1815 is the book's main focus, but ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Naval Institute Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Annopolis, United States
ISBN
9781591145387
SKU
V9781591145387
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Ref
99-3
About Steven E. Maffeo
Steve E. Maffeo is Associate Library Director at the U.S. Air Force Academy, and holds master’s degrees from Denver University and the National Defense Intelligence College. In 2008, he retired from the Naval Reserve as a captain.
Reviews for Most Secret and Confidential
The best documented work on British intelligence in the 18th Century, with an emphasis on late 18th century naval intelligence."
Intelligencer: Journal of U.S. Intelligence Studies "A thoughtful, insightful, magnificent history, exquisitely researched and brilliantly written."
Stephen Coonts, author of Flight of the Intruder
Intelligencer: Journal of U.S. Intelligence Studies "A thoughtful, insightful, magnificent history, exquisitely researched and brilliantly written."
Stephen Coonts, author of Flight of the Intruder