Cautious beginnings : Canadian foreign intelligence, 1939-51 / Kurt F. Jensen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jensen, Kurt F. (Kurt Frank), 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Military intelligence--Canada.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Canada.

Military intelligence--Canada--History--20th century.

Military intelligence.

Intelligence service--Canada--History--20th century.

Intelligence service.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Kurt F. Jensen argues that Canada was a more active intelligence partner in the Second World War alliance than has previously been suggested. He describes Canada's contributions to Allied intelligence before the war began, as well as the distinctly Canadian activities that started from that point. He reveals how the government created an intelligence organization during the war to aid Allied resources. This is a convincing portrait of a nation with an active role in Second World War intelligence gathering, one that continues to influence the architecture of its current capabilities.

Contents:

Foreign intelligence at the beginning of the war

The birth of the Examination Unit

Building alliances

Canadian HUMINT collection

The Mousetrap Operation, 1942-43

Canadian intelligence at war

Planning for postwar SIGINT

Postwar intelligence structures

The postwar SIGINT community

Conclusion.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-45737-3

9786612457371

0-7748-1484-5

OCLC:

549298757