The Secret War for the Union - The Untold Story of Military Intelligence in the Civil War

Informationen zum Autor Edwin C. Fishel began thirty years of service during World War II, working first as a chief intelligence reporter in the National Security Agency and later as the director of the National Cryptologic School Press. He lives in Arlington, Virgina. Klappentext Most histories of the Civil War explain victory and defeat in terms of the skill of commanders and their troops. Intelligence records disappeared after the war, and thus a critically important element has largely been ignored. Fishel has unearthed substantial collections of such records, and his "intelligence explanation" radically alters history's understanding of the campaigns. The Secret War for the Union is one of the most important Civil War works ever published. Zusammenfassung Most histories of the Civil War explain victory and defeat in terms of the skill of commanders and their troops. Intelligence records disappeared after the war, and thus a critically important element has largely been ignored. Fishel has unearthed substantial collections of such records, and his "intelligence explanation" radically alters history's understanding of the campaigns. The Secret War for the Union is one of the most important Civil War works ever published.

Product details

• Authors: Fishel, Edwin C. Fishel
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.06.1998
• EAN: 9780395901366
• ISBN: 978-0-395-90136-6
• No. of pages: 734
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 51 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; military history, Local History, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, United States of America, USA, General and world history, History of the Americas, The Americas, Civil wars, c 1765 to 1783 (American Revolutionary period), c 1783 to c 1800 (American Federalist era), HISTORY: Military / United States, HISTORY: United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY: Military / World War II, HISTORY: United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), HISTORY: United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), HISTORY: United States / State & Local / General, HISTORY: Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), HISTORY: Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions