- Joined
- Mar 31, 2012
- Location
- Central Ohio
Only period correct leaflets - no loudspeakers, sir!
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Cheers,
USS ALASKA
Yeah, trying to invent the vacuum tube years ahead of time would have been rather a challenge. (A nod to Spock: "I am endeavoring, ma'am, to construct a mnemonic memory circuit using stone knives and bearskins.")
Actually, though, I was thinking that the principal challenge facing CW-era intel was a lack of procedure. The intelligence collation was usually (not always) happening only in the commanding general's head, with all the risks and potential biases that introduced. The notion of having a staff to collect information, sort it, estimate its reliability, and cross-reference it with other reports would have been quite valuable.