Intelligence in War: The Value--And Limitations--Of What the Military Can Learn about the Enemy, (Paperback)

from rivkat

Keegan has written several fantastic books on war. This isn't one of them, and it's not aided by the attempt at timeliness which leads him to mention Al-Qaeda briefly at the end (nor the anti-Islamic posture he takes, which is that Muslims are sneakier and more committed to evil than non-Muslims)...

from ben_a

All Keegan is good, but this is not his best. The case studies, while fascinating, and replete with Keegan's usual exquisite selection of telling details, are longer than their illustrative purpose requires. I would have preferred shorter cases, more of them, and more synthesis. And, very rare fo...

from marshapetry

Pretty interesting book, but it was a lot of history with some intelligence mixed in. That's OK - I guess the author felt he had to explain each situation setup before explaining what intelligence was involved but, as a book, it made it hard to stay interested when I really wanted to learn about ...

from rexton

This book examines how effective intelligence is in determining the outcome of battles and military campaigns. The writing is clear and effective, as are his arguments showing the strengths and weaknesses of intelligence and its ever changing roles. The history is fascinating. He starts with Nels...

from K.G.Budge

Written shortly after the 9/11 attacks, and so a bit tentative on al-Quaeda and developments in Iraq. Otherwise quite good. Keegan starts with anecdotes, mostly about his occasional brushes with (more or less) friendly intelligence organizations. including the first female head of MI6 (England is...