Defining the mission : the development of US strategic military intelligence up to the Cold War / Scott A. Moseman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moseman, Scott A., author.

Series:

Studies in civil-military relations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military intelligence--United States--History--19th century.

Military intelligence.

Military intelligence--United States--History--20th century.

United States. Office of Naval Intelligence.

United States.

United States. War Department. Military Intelligence Division.

United States. War Department. Military Intelligence Service.

Intelligence service--United States--History--20th century.

Intelligence service.

United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

Cold War.

Military intelligence--United States--Historiography.

Physical Description:

xiv, 394 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Development of US strategic military intelligence up to the Cold War

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2025]

Summary:

"The untold history of how strategic military intelligence organizations responded and adapted to the pressures and influence of the US military, government, and public to define themselves and their mission.From 1882 to 1947-the year the CIA was established-strategic military intelligence organizations struggled to define their missions. The American public, government and military leaders, and intelligence professionals all had competing ideas of what military intelligence should be and do. The quest of strategic military intelligence organizations to define themselves and their mission was directly influenced by the trends of a growing American military and maturing American society in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. This dynamic and insightful facet of intelligence history, however, has remained largely in the shadows. How did government leaders and American society define strategic military intelligence organizations? How did these organizations describe themselves in their service to the US military and the American public as they evolved from a four-man office in 1882 to a multi-organizational operation with a staff of thousands by the 1940s?In Defining the Mission, Scott Moseman examines how US strategic military intelligence organizations have adapted to several external and internal factors in finding their raison d'être. Focusing on the Office of Naval Intelligence and the Military Intelligence Division, Moseman explores themes including the growth of the American military, internationalism versus isolationism, the increasing complexity of the government, military professionalism, Hamiltonian versus Jeffersonian ideals, military progressivism, and domestic security. Exploring the contours of the dynamic relationships between strategic military intelligence organizations and government, military, and society, Moseman shows how the mission and work of military intelligence reflects the very society it serves"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1882-1885: Emergence of ONI and MID

1885-1895: Growing Pains of ONI and MID

1895-1900: Operational Tests for ONI and MID

1900-1915: The Nadir of ONI and MID

1915-1919: The Resuscitation of ONI and MID

1919-1929: ONI and MID Navigate the Rapids

1929-1939: Storm on ONI and MID's Horizon

1939-1941: ONI and MID's Inability to Warn

1941-1945: ONI and MID Sidelined Again

1946-1947: CIA Subordinates ONI and MID

Historiographic Essay.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Moseman, Scott A. Defining the mission

ISBN:

9780700638109

0700638105

OCLC:

1468972541