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World War I and the Origins of U.S. Military Intelligence provides the most authoritative overview of the birth of the Army's modern use of intelligence services processes, starting with World War I.
List of contents
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1. Steps to War
The Signal Corps
The War in Europe
Two Captains
Small Steps by the Signal Corps
The First Shots in the Intelligence War
An Early Test South of the Border
Chapter 2. America Enters the War
Military Intelligence Section
The Bigger Picture
A Counterintelligence Problem
District of Columbia
Corps of Intelligence Police
Countersubversion
The Civilian Sector
The Advent of Yardley
Reports and More Reports
Censorship
An Interim Judgment
Chapter 3. Intelligence and the AEF
The Information Division
A Downed Airship
Secret Service Division
Topography Division
Censorship Division
New Year's Eve
Chapter 4. Securing the Home Front
Organizing Counterintelligence
Counterintelligence in Action
Intelligence Gathering
Secret Inks
More Reports
Finishing the Course
Propaganda
Attachés
Code Making
Negative Branch
The Final Report
Chapter 5. Tested Under Fire
Intelligence in the Field
Intelligence within Division
The Corps
Army Headquarters
GHQ: Filling the Void
Stars and Stripes
Combat Artists
Securing the Force
Making the Airwaves Secure
Course of the War
Chapter 6. Coming to a Close
First Army
Arrival of Van Deman
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
Security
The Use of Intelligence
Peace Talks
Final Evaluation
Chapter 7. The Aftermath
Peace Conference
Sideshows
At Home
A Glimpse into the Future
Appendix A: MI Divisions in the War Department
Appendix B: Radio Tractor Units
Appendix C: G2 Organization at GHQ
Appendix D: First Army Observation/Photo Air Service
Appendix E: First Army Signals Intelligence Stations
Appendix F: First Army Security Service Monitoring Stations
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
About the author
For 40 years, James L. Gilbert served as the military historian responsible for documenting the role played by intelligence in support of the U.S. Army and the Nation. He is credited with directing the publication of a series of official histories that would, for the first time, trace the development of military intelligence and highlight its operational achievements.
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World War I and the Origins of U.S. Military Intelligence provides the most authoritative overview of the birth of the Army's modern use of intelligence services processes, starting with World War I.
