Go Spy the Land: Military Intelligence in History

This collection, prepared for a symposium on the history of intelligence, spans an assortment of nine interesting and accessible essays that examine the significance of military history throughout history and in particular epochs and conflicts. These essays range from discussions of military intelligence in Ancient Rome to Cryptography in the 16th and 17th Centuries, and the role of intelligence on British foreign policy towards Imperial Russia throughout the reign of Queen Victoria. Throughout the authors argue for both the centrality of intelligence to military planning and for its essential changelessness across time, despite changes in technology and society.