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Spies in Uniform British Military and Naval Intelligence on the Eve of the First World War

Seligmann, Matthew S.
Innbundet / 2006 / Engelsk

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9780199261505
Publisert
2006
Utgiver
Oxford University Press
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577 gr
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242 mm
Bredde
162 mm
Dybde
21 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
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Engelsk
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286

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Seligmann, Matthew S.

Spies in Uniform British Military and Naval Intelligence on the Eve of the First World War

Seligmann, Matthew S.
Innbundet / 2006 / Engelsk
Seligmann, Matthew S.
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Seligmann has used naval and military history to open a fresh perspective on an important subject, and, of equal importance, he has placed his conclusions in a context that ensures they reach the widest audience.

Andrew Lambert, The English Historical Review

His archival research is exhaustive and his analysis lucid and exceptionally systematic

Geoff Berridge, Diplomacy and Statecraft

Seligmann's book is beautifully structured and reasoned, and the argument is developed with elegance.

Nicholas A Lambert, International Journal of Maritime History

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This book fills a very significant gap in our knowledge of British policy towards Germany before the First World War... his work not only provides an exemplary case study in intelligence history, but also raises many broader issues.

David Stevenson, Intelligence and National Security

an original and important contribution to the continuing debate about why Britain went to war in 1914

David French, The International History Review

... this is a very important book. It is also a good read.

G. R. Berridge, Diplomacy and Statecraft

Spies in Uniform is an excellent work of scholarship that is of particular value for intelligence specialists but also of more general importance for its rejection of the revisionist case that the decision for war in 1914 was mistaken and based on a spurious German threat.

Jeremy Black, History

Seligmann has produced a fine study of hitherto undeappreciated intelligence provider to the British government.... Highly recommended

Dr. Thomas Boghardt, Defense Intelligence Journal

This is a very good and useful book. His book needs to be widely read, and its approach emulated

Keith Neilson, War in History

a valuable contribution to our understanding of a major historical issue.Seligman has used naval and military history to open a fresh perspective on an important subject, and, of equal importance, he has placed his conclusions in a context that ensures they reach the widest audience.

Andrew Lambert, English Historical Review

Spies in Uniform is essential reading for scholars studying the development of Britain's Intelligence Community during the early part of the twentieth century, as well as British diplomacy and military policy during the run-up to the First World War.

Douglas Ford, Contemporary British History

Why did the British government declare war on Germany in August 1914? Was it because Germany posed a threat to British national security? Today many prominent historians would argue that this was not the case and that a million British citizens died needlessly for a misguided cause. This book counters such revisionist arguments. Matthew Seligmann disputes the suggestion that the British government either got its facts wrong about the German threat or even, as some have claimed, deliberately 'invented' it in order to justify an otherwise unnecessary alignment with France and Russia. By examining the military and naval intelligence assessments forwarded from Germany to London by Britain's service attachés in Berlin, its 'men on the spot', Spies in Uniform clearly demonstrates that the British authorities had every reason to be alarmed. From these crucial intelligence documents, previously thought to have been lost, Dr Seligmann shows that in the decade before the First World War, the British government was kept well informed about military and naval developments in the Reich. In particular, the attachés consistently warned that German ambitions to challenge Britain posed a real and imminent danger to national security. As a result, the book concludes that the British government's perception of a German threat before 1914, far from being mistaken or invented, was rooted in hard and credible intelligence.
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Examines information sent from Germany by the Government's intelligence source - the service attache in Berlin. Using their reports, this book demonstrates that the intelligence picture of Germany available to the government was of a nation that posed a real and imminent threat. In this light, Britain's decision for war is easily explained.
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Introduction ; 1. Court and Social? The Role of the Service Attache ; 2. Spies in Uniform? British Service Attachesas Intelligence-Gatherers ; 3. Men and Machines? Service Attaches as Procurers of Information on Personnel and Materiel ; 4. Harbingers of the German Menace? The Service Attaches' Perspective on Germany ; 5. Taking Centre Stage? The Influence of the Service Attaches on the British Government ; Conclusion ; Bibliography ; Index
Les mer
Significant new contribution to understanding Britain's reasons for going to war in 1914 First book to make systematic use of the intelligence gathered by naval and military attachés
Significant new contribution to understanding Britain's reasons for going to war in 1914 First book to make systematic use of the intelligence gathered by naval and military attachés

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Seligmann has used naval and military history to open a fresh perspective on an important subject, and, of equal importance, he has placed his conclusions in a context that ensures they reach the widest audience.

Andrew Lambert, The English Historical Review

His archival research is exhaustive and his analysis lucid and exceptionally systematic

Geoff Berridge, Diplomacy and Statecraft

Seligmann's book is beautifully structured and reasoned, and the argument is developed with elegance.

Nicholas A Lambert, International Journal of Maritime History

Se alle

This book fills a very significant gap in our knowledge of British policy towards Germany before the First World War... his work not only provides an exemplary case study in intelligence history, but also raises many broader issues.

David Stevenson, Intelligence and National Security

an original and important contribution to the continuing debate about why Britain went to war in 1914

David French, The International History Review

... this is a very important book. It is also a good read.

G. R. Berridge, Diplomacy and Statecraft

Spies in Uniform is an excellent work of scholarship that is of particular value for intelligence specialists but also of more general importance for its rejection of the revisionist case that the decision for war in 1914 was mistaken and based on a spurious German threat.

Jeremy Black, History

Seligmann has produced a fine study of hitherto undeappreciated intelligence provider to the British government.... Highly recommended

Dr. Thomas Boghardt, Defense Intelligence Journal

This is a very good and useful book. His book needs to be widely read, and its approach emulated

Keith Neilson, War in History

a valuable contribution to our understanding of a major historical issue.Seligman has used naval and military history to open a fresh perspective on an important subject, and, of equal importance, he has placed his conclusions in a context that ensures they reach the widest audience.

Andrew Lambert, English Historical Review

Spies in Uniform is essential reading for scholars studying the development of Britain's Intelligence Community during the early part of the twentieth century, as well as British diplomacy and military policy during the run-up to the First World War.

Douglas Ford, Contemporary British History

Why did the British government declare war on Germany in August 1914? Was it because Germany posed a threat to British national security? Today many prominent historians would argue that this was not the case and that a million British citizens died needlessly for a misguided cause. This book counters such revisionist arguments. Matthew Seligmann disputes the suggestion that the British government either got its facts wrong about the German threat or even, as some have claimed, deliberately 'invented' it in order to justify an otherwise unnecessary alignment with France and Russia. By examining the military and naval intelligence assessments forwarded from Germany to London by Britain's service attachés in Berlin, its 'men on the spot', Spies in Uniform clearly demonstrates that the British authorities had every reason to be alarmed. From these crucial intelligence documents, previously thought to have been lost, Dr Seligmann shows that in the decade before the First World War, the British government was kept well informed about military and naval developments in the Reich. In particular, the attachés consistently warned that German ambitions to challenge Britain posed a real and imminent danger to national security. As a result, the book concludes that the British government's perception of a German threat before 1914, far from being mistaken or invented, was rooted in hard and credible intelligence.
Les mer
Examines information sent from Germany by the Government's intelligence source - the service attache in Berlin. Using their reports, this book demonstrates that the intelligence picture of Germany available to the government was of a nation that posed a real and imminent threat. In this light, Britain's decision for war is easily explained.
Les mer
Introduction ; 1. Court and Social? The Role of the Service Attache ; 2. Spies in Uniform? British Service Attachesas Intelligence-Gatherers ; 3. Men and Machines? Service Attaches as Procurers of Information on Personnel and Materiel ; 4. Harbingers of the German Menace? The Service Attaches' Perspective on Germany ; 5. Taking Centre Stage? The Influence of the Service Attaches on the British Government ; Conclusion ; Bibliography ; Index
Les mer
Significant new contribution to understanding Britain's reasons for going to war in 1914 First book to make systematic use of the intelligence gathered by naval and military attachés
Significant new contribution to understanding Britain's reasons for going to war in 1914 First book to make systematic use of the intelligence gathered by naval and military attachés

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780199261505
Publisert
2006
Utgiver
Oxford University Press
Vekt
577 gr
Høyde
242 mm
Bredde
162 mm
Dybde
21 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
286

Forfatter
Seligmann, Matthew S.

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