Knowing One's Enemies (eBook)

Ernest R. May (Herausgeber)

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2014
578 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-5606-0 (ISBN)

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In essays that illuminate not only the recent past but shortcomings in today's intelligence assessments, sixteen experts show how prospective antagonists appraised each other prior to the World Wars. This cautionary tale, warns that intelligence agencies can do certain things very well--but other things poorly, if at all.Originally published in 1985.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.7.2014
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Legacy Library
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Abwehr • Abyssinia Crisis • Adolf Hitler • Agadir crisis • Alfred von Tirpitz • Allies of World War II • Appeasement • Austria-Hungary • Axis powers • Baghdad Railway • Benevolent neutrality • Bosnian crisis • British Expeditionary Force (World War II) • British re-armament • cabinet noir • Central Powers • Committee of Imperial Defence • Defence minister • Eastern Front (World War II) • Eastern Question • East Prussia • eberhard • Edward L. Keenan • Encirclement • Enigma Machine • Entente Cordiale • Erich Ludendorff • Erich von Manstein • Espionage • European theatre of World War II • First Balkan War • First Moroccan Crisis • Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf • Franz Halder • Friedrich Naumann • Fritz Fischer • George F. Kennan • Gerd von Rundstedt • Gerhard Ritter • German General Staff • German invasion of Belgium • Germany's Aims in the First World War • Great Power • Hans Speidel • Heinrich Class • Heinz Guderian • imperialism • Intelligence agency • John Erickson (historian) • Joseph Caillaux • July Crisis • Kurt Riezler • Ludwig Beck • Luftwaffe • Manstein Plan • Maurice Gamelin • Maurice Rouvier • Maxim Litvinov • Military district (Germany) • military history • Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact • Most Secret • Munich Agreement • napoleonic wars • Nazi Germany • New Army • Oliver Cromwell • on war • Operation Barbarossa • Otto Liman von Sanders • Pan-German League • Phoney War • Pierre Cot • Plan XVII • Revolution of 1905 • Richard Pipes • Russian Armed Forces • Russian Corps • russians • Russo-Japanese war • Schlieffen Plan • Second Balkan War • Secret treaty • Socialism in One Country • strategic bombing • Superiority (short story) • The Battle of Britain • Tripartite Pact • Two-front war • un-american • United States color-coded war plans • Walther Rathenau • Walther von Brauchitsch • war • warfare • Weltpolitik • William F. Friedman • World War I • World War II • Wunderwaffe
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-5606-X / 140085606X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-5606-0 / 9781400856060