Most Secret and Confidential : Intelligence in the Age of Nelson

by Maffeo, Steven E.

• ISBN13: 9781557505453
• ISBN10: 1557505454
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: Naval Inst Pr

Summary

Reading at times like a cloak-and-dagger mystery, this book describes the ingenious methods used to collect and disseminate secret intelligence in the Age of Sail.

Author Biography

Steven E. Maffeo is associate director of libraries at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.

Table of Contents

Forewords	ix
Howard Roop
Bruce A. Black
Preface	xiii
Acknowledgments	xxv
The British National Intelligence Effort	1	(34)
The Admiralty	35	(26)
Signals and Information Transmission	61	(30)
Frigates: The Eyes of the Fleet	91	(14)
Deception	105	(16)
The Commander: Jack and Master of All Trades	121	(32)
The Commander as Intelligence Officer	153	(32)
A Naval Intelligence Occasion	185	(10)
A Naval Intelligence Expedition	195	(28)
A Naval Intelligence Campaign	223	(56)
Conclusion	279	(10)
Appendix 1: The British Cabinet (Closet), (Typical 1793-1815)	289	(1)
Appendix 2: British Government Key Officials, 1793-1815	290	(3)
Appendix 3: Secret Interceptions Distribution List, c. 1775	293	(1)
Appendix 4: British Naval Administration, c. 1800	294	(1)
Appendix 5: The Naval Strategy of the War from the British Perspective	295	(3)
Appendix 6: An Overview of the War of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic War, 1792-1815	298	(3)
Notes	301	(28)
Bibliography	329	(14)
Index	343