Haig's Intelligence

Ghq and the German Army, 1916 1918
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-107-03961-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 708 g

Reihe: Cambridge Military Histories

Haig's Intelligence is an important new study of Douglas Haig's controversial command during the First World War. Based on extensive new research, it addresses a perennial question about the British army on the Western Front between 1916 and 1918: why did they think they were winning? Jim Beach reveals how the British perceived the German army through a study of the development of the British intelligence system, its personnel and the ways in which intelligence was gathered. He also examines how intelligence shaped strategy and operations by exploring the influence of intelligence in creating perceptions of the enemy. He shows for the first time exactly what the British knew about their opponent, when and how and, in so doing, sheds significant new light on continuing controversies about the British army's conduct of operations in France and Belgium and the relationship between Haig and his chief intelligence officer, John Charteris.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beach, James

Beach, Jim

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Nachrichtendienste, Geheimdienste
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: 1. Organisation; 2. Leadership; 3. Personnel; 4. Front line; 5. Espionage; 6. Photography; 7. Signals; 8. Analysis; Part II: 9. Somme; 10. Arras; 11. Third Ypres; 12. Cambrai; 13. German offensives; 14. Hundred days.

Über Autor(innen)

Beach, Jim
Dr Jim Beach is Senior Lecturer in Twentieth-Century History at the University of Northampton. He is also Secretary of the Army Records Society.