British Military Intelligence in the Crimean War 1854-1856

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. <p>Cryptologia- " an excellent book with 11 organisational charts of intelligence units, four maps, an extensive bibliography including archival sources plus a competent index."<br><br><br><br>The Journal of Military History<br><br>"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 thought about, and feeling for, intelligence operations."<br><br><br><br>Soldiers of the Queen, Vol. 98 (Sept. 1999)<br><br>"Attractively produced ... it is an interesting and competent work and is definitely recommended to all students of the Russian war."<br><br><br><br>Choice, Vol. 37, No. 2, Oct. 99<br><br>"Harris ... has done an excellent job of analyzing and comparing the various intelligence reports available to Lord Ragland and his successor in the Crimea."<br><br><br><br>RUSI Journal, Feb 2000<br><br>"This admirable, slim book has a simple thesis ... The book is a welcome revision of the stereotype of British intelligence buffoonery. For military historians it contributes to the changing views of Crimean generalship ... But the book is full of material with a bearing on modern intelligence doctrine."<br><br><br><br>The International History Review, Vol 22, No 2, June 2000<br><br>"Harris has done a careful and commendable job."<br><br><br><br>Indiana University Victorian Studies<br><br>"Harris"s specialized study is competently written and well-researched</p>