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Uncovering Ways of War: U.S. Intelligence and Foreign Military Innovation, 1918–1941

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Description for Uncovering Ways of War: U.S. Intelligence and Foreign Military Innovation, 1918–1941 paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs. Num Pages: 202 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JWKF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 342.

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 ... Read more

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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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
Series
Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801475740
SKU
V9780801475740
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About Thomas G. Mahnken
Thomas G. Mahnken is Visiting Scholar at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University. He is coeditor of Paradoxes of Strategic Intelligence: Essays in Honor of Michael I. Handel and The Information Revolution in Military Affairs in Asia.

Reviews for Uncovering Ways of War: U.S. Intelligence and Foreign Military Innovation, 1918–1941
An important argument rendered with deftness and economy and rich in insights for those contemplating more recent failures of intelligence.
Foreign Affairs
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
Overall, the book is ... Read more

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