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Excerpt from Memoir of Col. Benjamin Tallmadge Being so well versed in the Latin and Greek languages, I had not much occasion to study during the two first years of my collegiate life, which I have always thought had a tendency to make me idle, when, if I had rightly improved my time, it would have afforded me an opportunity for improvement in other sciences. It, however served to induce me to Dean's bounty, which I should have been a candidate for, had not the measles wholly prevented me from studying during a part of my junior and senior years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This book illustrates the multifaceted diversity of modern Military Intelligence (MI). It aims to portray both the continuities between the past and the present and the successes of the MI community today. Moreover, it consists chiefly of photographs which represent the different intelligence disciplines and depict a representative sampling of the organizations within the MI community. The armed forces community, military strategists, policy analysts, and military leaders may be interested in this volume. Students pursuing research on the topic of military intelligence at the high school level and above may also be interested in this volume. Military science, military academy professors may select this document as a supplemental text for their military strategy classes.

"From the War of Independence to Vietnam, military intelligence specialists have through the years played an important role in supporting the U.S. Army and our Nation. The selection of stories contained in this book is designed to enhance the esprit de corps of today's MI specialists by reminding them of the sacrifices and achievements of those who have gone before. I commend it to the attention of the men and women of military intelligence." Major General Harry E. Soyster Commanding General, U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command.

This research guide is an introduction to military intelligence, a neglected aspect of warfare that provides commanders and national leaders with essential information for decision making. The introduction provides the general reader with an explanation of the terminology, procedures, and institutional problems of military intelligence, while outlining the history of this field and identifying areas for further research. The core of the guide is an extensively annotated bibliography of unclassified English language materials on military intelligence, the evolution of intelligence operations, the role of intelligence in air, ground, and naval operations, and specialized fields of espionage, counter intelligence, technical intelligence, and aerial photography. This guide is intended to fill a void in the literature for soldiers, historians, and general readers.

Just as military intelligence within the US military establishment has been a growth industry since the Vietnam War, so too has historical research on the subject been burgeoning. A big part of that upsurge in MI historical research is the work of the Command History Office at the US Army Intelligence and Security Command, probably the most productive history shop in the US Army today. The whole idea of these volumes was to take advantage of some of the good history being written about military intelligence and put it in one place where it could be easily useful for students and staff at the US Army Intelligence Center and Fort Huachuca. It is designed to form a basis for a professional reading program. Besides the suggestions for further reading at the end of each introductory section, there are two military intelligence bibliographies listed in the "General" section.