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This is both a history of the service attache, beginning with the Napoleonic era, and a discussion of his changing role, past and present. Professor Vagts shows the military adviser temporarily joined to the diplomatic corps as a person often divided in his loyalties to diplomatic officials and to military leaders. Affected by increasing bureaucratic specialization, he sometimes became a ""twilight"" figure engaged in political activity and even espionage. Professor Vagts' numerous works on the history of militarism and the military, in both German and English, and his research in the chancelleries of Europe have given him perspective for this book. Originally published in 1967. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Author:   Alfred Vagts
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Volume:   2845
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9780691623405

ISBN 10:   0691623406
Pages:   424
Publication Date:   08 December 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

"*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Introduction, pg. ix*1. Forerunners and Beginnings, pg. 3*2. The Nineteenth Century, pg. 15*3. The First World War, pg. 37*4. Between the Wars, pg. 49*5. The Second World War, pg. 75*6. After 1945, pg. 93*7. The Service Attache and ""Society"", pg. 110*8. The Service Attache as Politico, pg. 128*9. Attache into Ambassador, pg. 176*10. The Attache as Observer, pg. 189*11. Spying Attaches and Diplomacy, pg. 211*12. Attaches and War Economy, pg. 242*13. Observers of Battle, pg. 258*14. Attaches and the Limitation of Armaments, pg. 273*15. Attaches in the Service of Autocracy, pg. 279*16. Mission Chiefs and Service Attaches, pg. 320*17. Service Attaches and the Alliances, pg. 355*18. Survival of the Service Attache?, pg. 391*Bibliography, pg. 397*Index, pg. 401"

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