Known as "the Great War," the world's first truly global conflict
is remarkable in what might now be termed modern espionage. World
War I was witness to plenty of "firsts." Apart from the
contribution made by aerial reconnaissance and the interception of
wireless telegraphy, telephone and cable traffic, there was the
scientific aspect, with new machines of war, such as the submarine,
sea-mine, torpedo, airship, barbed wire, armored tank and
mechanized cavalry in a military environment that included mustard
gas, static trench warfare, the indiscriminate bombardment of
civilian population centers and air-raids. Large-scale sabotage and
propaganda, the manipulation of news and of radio broadcasts, and
censorship, were all features of a new method of engaging in
combat, and some ingenious techniques were developed to exploit the
movement of motor and rail transport, and the transmission of
wireless signals. The hitherto unknown disciplines of
train-watching, bridge-watching, airborne reconnaissance and radio
interception would become established as routine collection
methods, and their impact on the conflict would prove to be
profound. The Historical Dictionary of World War I Intelligence
relates this history through a chronology, an introductory essay,
an appendix, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section
has over 400 hundred cross-referenced entries on intelligence
organizations, the spies, and the major cases and events of World
War I. This book is an excellent access point for students,
researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the world of
intelligence in World War I.
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