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CONTENTS

PREFACE 9

INTRODUCTION 11

CHAPTER 1 Debates still heated 17
1.1 The Controversy on the Italian Intelligence Service 17
1.2 The Origin of the Debate over the Italian Military Cryptology 21
1.3 Up to the Present 25

FIRST PART History of the Italian Army’s Intelligence Service up to 1918 31

CHAPTER 2 Origin and first development 33
2.1 The Piedmontese General Staff and its Intelligence Activities 33
2.2 The Intelligence Service in the Army of the Italian Unitary State 35
2.3 Organisation Changes and Colonial Wars 38
2.4 Information Sources 45

CHAPTER 3 The end of a peace epoch 47
3.1 International Activities of the Intelligence Office 47
3.2 Counterintelligence 55
3.3 Preparation During Neutrality 56
3.4 Cadorna’s Reorganisation 61

CHAPTER 4 The first period of War: challenges and new tasks 65
4.1 Intelligence and Situation Offices Enter the War 65
4.2 Human Intelligence Main Sources 67
4.3 Counter-Espionage and Internal Surveillance 72
4.4 The Several Functions of the Intelligence Office 75
4.5 The War Operations in 1915-1916 77

CHAPTER 5 Difficulties and recovery until Vittorio Veneto 83
5.1 The Reorganization of October 1916 83
5.2 The Crisis of the Intelligence Service 86
5.3 The 1917 Operations 89
5.4 The 1918 Reforms 94
5.5 Propaganda on Both Sides 96
5.6 The Battles of Solstice and Vittorio Veneto 102

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