Silent War: Naval Intelligence (1978) by Richard Deacon (.PDF)
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Silent War: A History of Western Naval Intelligence (1978) by Richard Deacon
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Overview: In this absorbing history, Richard Deacon, after briefly surveying the precursors to naval intelligence, traces the progress of the Western espionage services over the last century and a half. After describing the early, rather primitive, organization he leads on to the formation of the US Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) in 1882 and that of the British Naval Intelligence Division (NID) some four years later, a time when the two nations were at loggerheads. From there he lucidly analyzes the tangled skein of plot and counterplot, cooperation and hostility, skullduggery and underhandedness, that has been the history of our naval intelligence services. In addition, he stresses the vital role of Western naval intelligence today in keeping the peace–or nuclear stalemate, whichever one cares to call it–and in furthering the progress of scientific research into the mysteries of the deep ocean floor.
Genre: Non-Fiction > History > Espionage & Intelligence
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