Steven Maffeo: 3 books
Most Secret and Confidential
Intelligence in the Age of Nelson
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2013
In today's world of satellites and electronic spying it is hard to appreciate the difficulties involved two centuries ago in collecting and disseminatingsecret intelligence in a time of war. This book provides a close-up look at the ingenious methods used to obtain and analyze secret material and deliver...
The Pefect Wreck
Old Ironsides and HMS Java: A Story of 1812
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Naval historian Steven Maffeo has used the fiction format to give us what will probably be the finest, truest account ever of the 1812 sea battle between Constitution and Java -- in which the young American Navy demonstrated the confidence, pride, and professionalism that have served it well for...
U.S. Navy Codebreakers, Linguists, and Intelligence Officers against Japan, 1910-1941
A Biographical Dictionary
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015
This unique reference presents 59 biographies of people who were key to the sea services being reasonably prepared to fight the Japanese Empire when the Second World War broke out, and whose advanced work proved crucial. These intelligence pioneers invented techniques, procedures, and equipment from...