The Intelligencers: British Military Intelligence from the Middle Ages to 1929 Parritt Brian
Intelligence about the enemy is a fundamental part of any war or battle, knowledge of the enemy's strength, dispositions, and intentions are essential for success. This book reveals that for 250 years…
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Intelligence about the enemy is a fundamental part of any war or battle, knowledge of the enemy's strength, dispositions, and intentions are essential for success. This book reveals that for 250 years the British Army resolutely failed to prepare for war by refusing to establish a nucleus of soldiers in peace, trained to obtain intelligence in war.Although there were Scoutmasters and secret spy organizations such as Walsinghams in the 15th Century, in no major conflict from the Civil War of 1642, including the Peninsula, the Crimea, Burma, Egypt, and South Africa and in the multitude of small wars that gained Britain an empire, was there any staff branch or unit specifically pre-established to gain intelligence or frustrate the enemy from obtaining intelligence.Yet the story of British military endeavor over 250 years is a remarkable story of individual bravery,
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