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Book SynopsisThis 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 bureaucrat
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
