John Ferris' work in strategic and intelligence history is widely praised for its originality and the breadth of its research. At last his major pioneering articles are now available in this one single volume. In Intelligence and Strategy these essential articles have been fundamentally revised to incorporate new evidence and information withheld by governments when they were first published. This volume reshapes the study of communications intelligence by tracing Britain's development of cipher machines providing the context to Ultra and Enigma, and by explaining how British and German signals intelligence shaped the desert war. The author also explains how intelligence affected British strategy and diplomacy from 1874 to 1940 and world diplomacy during the 1930s and the Second World War. Finally he traces the roots for contemporary intelligence, and analyzes intelligence and the RMA as well as the role of intelligence in the 2003 Gulf War.This volume ultimately brings new light to our understanding of the relations between intelligence, strategy and diplomacy between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 21st century.
Author(s): John Ferris
Edition: 1
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 408
Half Title: Intelligence and Strategy......Page 2
Title Page......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
1 Lord Salisbury, Secret Intelligence and British Policy Toward Russia and Central Asia, 1874–1878......Page 17
2 “Indlged in all too Little”?......Page 54
3 Image and Accident......Page 108
4 The British “Enigma”......Page 147
5 The British Army......Page 190
6 Intelligence, Uncertainty and the Art Command in Military Operations......Page 248
7 NCW, C4ISR, IO and RMA......Page 297
Notes......Page 337
Bibliography......Page 388
Index......Page 396
