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BL
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998069
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b752439
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| Main Entry
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Seligmann, Matthew S.
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| Title & Author
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Spies in Uniform : : British Military and Naval Intelligence on the Eve of the First World War.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford :: Oxford University Press, UK,, 2006.
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1 online resource (287 pages)
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| ISBN
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0191514632
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: 0199261504
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: 1280905298
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: 9780191514630
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: 9780199261505
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: 9781280905292
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0199261504
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9780199261505
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-268) and index.
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| Contents
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Abbreviations; Map; Introduction; 1. Court and Social: The Role of the Service Attach©♭; 2. Spies in Uniform: British Service Attach©♭s as Intelligence-Gatherers; 3. Men and Machines: Service Attach©♭s as Procurers of Information on Personnel and Materiel; 4. Harbingers of the German Menace: The Service Attach©♭s' Perspective on Germany; 5. Taking Centre Stage: The Influence of the Service Attach©♭s on the British Government; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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| Abstract
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Did the British Government go to war in 1914 because of a well-founded fear of a German threat or did it, as some would now argue, send thousands to their deaths to fight against a danger, the existence of which was not even backed by any hard intelligence? To address this question, Spies in Uniform examines the information sent back from Germany by the Government's principal intelligence source, its 'men on the spot', the service attach--eacute--;s in Berlin. Using their. reports, previously thought to have been lost, the book demonstrates that the intelligence picture of Germany available to.
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Military intelligence-- Great Britain-- History-- 20th century.
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World War, 1914-1918-- Military intelligence-- Great Britain.
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Military intelligence.
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Great Britain.
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| Dewey Classification
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355.3432094109041355.343204109041
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| LC Classification
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UB251.G7UB251.G7S45 2006
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