British Military Intelligence in the Crimean War, 1854-1856

Taylor & Francis

This is the first scholarly work to focus purely on British military intelligence operations during the Crimean War. > This is a study of the British military intelligence operations during the Crimean War. It details the beginnings of the intelligence operations as a result of the British Commander, Lord Raglan's, need for information on the enemy, and traces the subsequent development of the system. > Cryptologia- \"" an excellent book with 11 organisational charts of intelligence units, four maps, an extensive bibliography including archival sources plus a competent index.\""The Journal of Military History\""Stephen Harris\""s book is the most formidable and scholarly account yet written about British intelligence operations in the Crimean War. The basic conception is original and interesting; the issues are real and clearly conceived; the sources used unrivalled in extent; and the entire treatment rests on an exceptional combination of perspicacity and sensitivity, both of thoud