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Title: Superficial
Review: I struggled through this book. I have to be honest to say it's a disappointment, in relation to other books of John Keegan I have read.The casestudies carry on and on about certain historical manouevres and the effects of intelligence (or combat information) on these manouevres. The cases are primarily centered on the distribution of information, thus on communication. This is very vital, but what about collection, collation, et cetera? Communication can be intersepted, but what about the relevance (and timeliness) of the communicated information? What about the developments in analyses and evaluation, about organizing intelligence? Almost nothing.Iff you are interested in intelligence, there are better, more in-depth (and shorter) books available. For "firsttimers" I can recommend 'Spies and Spymasters' (old, still available?), a clear, concise and sometimes funny explanation of intelligence through the ages.Excuse my English writing.
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