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Nexus: Strategic Communications and American Security in World War I

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Description for Nexus: Strategic Communications and American Security in World War I Paperback. A study that blends diplomatic, military, technology, and business history. It shows how US officials during World War I discovered the enormous value of global communications. It sheds light on the early stages of the global infrastructure that helped launch the United States as the predominant power of the century. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 358 pages, maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 414.

In an illuminating study that blends diplomatic, military, technology, and business history, Jonathan Reed Winkler shows how U.S. officials during World War I discovered the enormous value of global communications.

At the outbreak of war in 1914, British control of the cable network affected the Americans’ ability to communicate internationally, and the development of radio worried the Navy about hemispheric security. The benefits of a U.S. network became evident during the war, especially in the gathering of intelligence. This led to the creation of a peacetime intelligence operation, later termed the “Black Chamber,” that was the forerunner of the ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
Series
Harvard Historical Studies
Number of Pages
358
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674725775
SKU
V9780674725775
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About Jonathan Reed Winkler
Jonathan Reed Winkler is Associate Professor of History at Wright State University.

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