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1. Cabinet, Tsar, Kaiser: Three Approaches to Assessment

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. LIST OF MAPS AND CHART vii
  4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
  5. ABBREVIATIONS USED IN FOOTNOTES xi
  6. INTRODUCTION 1
  7. PART ONE: THE FIRST WORLD WAR
  8. 1. Cabinet, Tsar, Kaiser: Three Approaches to Assessment 11
  9. 2. Austria-Hungary 37
  10. 3. Imperial Germany 62
  11. 4. The Russian Empire 98
  12. 5. France and the German Menace 127
  13. 6. French Estimates of Germany's Operational War Plans 150
  14. 7. Great Britain before 1914 172
  15. 8. Italy before 1915: The Quandary of the Vulnerable 205
  16. PART TWO: THE SECOND WORLD WAR, WESTERN EUROPE
  17. 9. British Intelligence and the Coming of the Second World War in Europe 237
  18. 10. French Military Intelligence and Nazi Germany, 1938- 1939 271
  19. 11. National Socialist Germany: The Politics of Information 310
  20. 12. Fascist Italy Assesses Its Enemies, 1935-1940 347
  21. PART THREE: THE SECOND WORLD WAR, EASTERN EUROPE AND BEYOND
  22. 13. Threat Identification and Strategic Appraisal by the Soviet Union, 1930-1941 375
  23. 14. Japanese Intelligence before the Second World War: "Best Case" Analysis 424
  24. 15. Great Britain's Assessment of Japan before the Outbreak of the Pacific War 456
  25. 16. United States Views of Germany and Japan in 1941 476
  26. Conclusions: Capabilities and Proclivities 503
  27. CONTRIBUTORS 543
  28. INDEX 547
Knowing One's Enemies
This chapter is in the book Knowing One's Enemies
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400856060.11

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. LIST OF MAPS AND CHART vii
  4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
  5. ABBREVIATIONS USED IN FOOTNOTES xi
  6. INTRODUCTION 1
  7. PART ONE: THE FIRST WORLD WAR
  8. 1. Cabinet, Tsar, Kaiser: Three Approaches to Assessment 11
  9. 2. Austria-Hungary 37
  10. 3. Imperial Germany 62
  11. 4. The Russian Empire 98
  12. 5. France and the German Menace 127
  13. 6. French Estimates of Germany's Operational War Plans 150
  14. 7. Great Britain before 1914 172
  15. 8. Italy before 1915: The Quandary of the Vulnerable 205
  16. PART TWO: THE SECOND WORLD WAR, WESTERN EUROPE
  17. 9. British Intelligence and the Coming of the Second World War in Europe 237
  18. 10. French Military Intelligence and Nazi Germany, 1938- 1939 271
  19. 11. National Socialist Germany: The Politics of Information 310
  20. 12. Fascist Italy Assesses Its Enemies, 1935-1940 347
  21. PART THREE: THE SECOND WORLD WAR, EASTERN EUROPE AND BEYOND
  22. 13. Threat Identification and Strategic Appraisal by the Soviet Union, 1930-1941 375
  23. 14. Japanese Intelligence before the Second World War: "Best Case" Analysis 424
  24. 15. Great Britain's Assessment of Japan before the Outbreak of the Pacific War 456
  25. 16. United States Views of Germany and Japan in 1941 476
  26. Conclusions: Capabilities and Proclivities 503
  27. CONTRIBUTORS 543
  28. INDEX 547
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