What role did secret information have in the development of military operations throughout history? How were permanent intelligence (originally understood as information transformed into secret knowledge of the capacities and intentions of rivals or enemies) structures integrated into the heart of the security and defense policies of the state? Can a unifying thread be found in the study of secrecy in recent centuries? Political and military treaties from the earliest ancient cultures were set apart as important reflections ...
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What role did secret information have in the development of military operations throughout history? How were permanent intelligence (originally understood as information transformed into secret knowledge of the capacities and intentions of rivals or enemies) structures integrated into the heart of the security and defense policies of the state? Can a unifying thread be found in the study of secrecy in recent centuries? Political and military treaties from the earliest ancient cultures were set apart as important reflections on value and utility, and consideration of so-called 'secret intelligence.' Through eight chapters, this book tries to establish a connection between past and present in a reflection that combines together history and intelligence. The military point of view combines with the political, economic, diplomatic, or technological to extract from the history of intelligence analogies that can help us to understand the present. From the scientific fundamentals of the whole process of generating intelligence to the historical mistakes in its analysis, the reflections poured into this book allow intelligence to become an atemporal constant and maintain the compromise of contributing to its academic, normalized, and continued study.
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