American Intelligence, 1775-1990
Author | : Neal H. Petersen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Neal H. Petersen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Kenneth A. Daigler |
Publisher | : Georgetown University Press |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2014-04-23 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : 1626160503 |
Explores intelligence and espionage during the Revolutionary War, and the key role this information played in the colonies gaining their independence.
Author | : Charles D. Ameringer |
Publisher | : Free Press |
Total Pages | : 488 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Political Science |
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Author | : Jurgen Heideking |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 2018-02-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0429981988 |
Even paranoids have enemies. Hitler's most powerful foes were the Allied powers, but he also feared internal conspiracies bent on overthrowing his malevolent regime. In fact, there was a small but significant internal resistance to the Nazi regime, and it did receive help from the outside world. Through recently declassified intelligence documents, this book reveals for the first time the complete story of America's wartime knowledge about, encouragement of, and secret collaboration with the German resistance to Hitler?including the famous July 20th plot to assassinate the Fuehrer.The U.S. government's secret contacts with the anti-Nazi resistance were conducted by the OSS, the World War II predecessor to the CIA. Highly sensitive intelligence reports recently released by the CIA make it evident that the U.S. government had vast knowledge of what was going on inside the Third Reich. For example, a capitulation offer to the western Allies under consideration by Count von Moltke in 1943 was thoroughly discussed within the U.S. government. And Allen Dulles, who was later to become head of the CIA, was well informed about the legendary plot of July 20th. In fact, these secret reports from inside Germany provide a well-rounded picture of German society, revealing the pro- or anti-Nazi attitudes of different social groups (workers, churches, the military, etc.). The newly released documents also show that scholars in the OSS, many of them recruited from ivy-league universities, looked for anti-Nazi movements and leaders to help create a democratic Germany after the war.Such intelligence gathering was a major task of the OSS. However, OSS director ?Wild Bill? Donovan and others favored subversive operations, spreading disinformation, and issuing propaganda. Unorthodox and often dangerous schemes were developed, including bogus ?resistance newspapers,? anti-Nazi letters and postcards distributed through the German postal service, sabotage, and fake radio broadcasts from ?German generals? calling for uprisings against the regime.This is much more than a documentary collection. Explanatory footnotes supply a wealth of background information for the reader, and a comprehensive introduction puts the documents into their wider historical perspective. Arranged in chronological order, these intelligence reports provide a fascinating new perspective on the story of the German resistance to Hitler and reveal an intriguing and previously unexplored aspect of America's war with Hitler.
Author | : James Srodes |
Publisher | : Regnery Publishing |
Total Pages | : 658 |
Release | : 2000-07-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780895262233 |
Allen Dulles was at the forefront of building a U.S. spy service long before WWII and was the driving force behind the CIA.
Author | : Neal H. Petersen |
Publisher | : Penn State Press |
Total Pages | : 710 |
Release | : 2010-11-01 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 0271044470 |
For three years during World War II, future Director of Central Intelligence Allen Dulles commanded the OSS mission in Bern, Switzerland. From Hitler's Doorstep provides an annotated selection of his reports to Washington from 1942 to 1945. Dulles was a leading source of Allied intelligence on Nazi Germany and the occupied nations. The messages presented in this volume were based on information received through agents and networks operating in France, Italy, Austria, Eastern Europe, and Germany itself. They deal with subjects ranging from enemy troop strength and military plans to political developments, support of resistance movements, secret weapons, psychological warfare, and peace feelers. The Dulles reports reveal his own vision of grand strategy and presage the postwar turmoil in Europe. One of the largest collections of OSS records ever published, these telegrams and radiotelephone transmissions from the National Archives provide an exciting account of the course of the European war, offer insight on the development of American intelligence, and illuminate the origins of the Cold War. They will interest diplomatic and military historians as well as specialists on modern Europe. This volume is almost unique as document-based intelligence history and serves as a badly needed bridge between diplomatic history and intelligence studies.
Author | : Mark M. Lowenthal |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 223 |
Release | : 2013-10-23 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1317971035 |
First published in 1995. This series seeks to consolidate published material on a wide variety of public, private, and non-profit organizations including: (a) federal agencies, Congressional committees, the judicial branch, and international bodies; (b) corporations, interest groups, trade unions, and consulting firms; as well as (c) professional associations, scientific societies, and educational institutions. This text offers an organised volume of intelligence literature. Intelligence is the collection and analysis of information about threats at home and abroad for use by policymakers as they make key decisions-is widely recognized as the nation's first line of defense in protecting itself against dangers from overseas and subversive activities at home.
Author | : Michael A. Turner |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 423 |
Release | : 2014-10-08 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0810878909 |
While the United States has had some kind of intelligence capability throughout its history, its intelligence apparatus is young, dating only to the period immediately after World War II. Yet, in that short a time, it has undergone enormous changes—from the labor-intensive espionage and covert action establishment of the 1950s to a modern enterprise that relies heavily on electronic data, technology, satellites, airborne collection platforms, and unmanned aerial vehicles, to name a few. This second edition covers the history of United States intelligence, and includes several key features: Chronology Introductory essay Appendixes Bibliography Over 600 cross-referenced entries on key events, issues, people, operations, laws, regulations This book is an excellent access point for members of the intelligence community; students, scholars, and historians; legal experts; and general readers wanting to know more about the history of U.S. intelligence.
Author | : Michael J. Hogan |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 646 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521498074 |
A survey of the historical literature on intelligence and national security during the Cold War.