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Nexus

Strategic Communications and American Security in World War I

Jonathan Reed Winkler

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ISBN 9780674725775

Publication: September 2013

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358 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

6 maps, 3 charts

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Maps and Figures
Introduction
1. The Information Network and the Outbreak of War
2. Neutrality and Vulnerability
3. Security and Radios
4. At War in Europe
5. In Pursuit of Cables to Asia and the Americas
6. Radio, the Navy and Latin America
7. The Quest for Independence
8. The Illusion of Success
Conclusion
Abbreviations
Primary Sources
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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2010 Paul Birdsall Prize, American Historical Association

2009 Distinguished Publication Award, Ohio Academy of History

2008 Theodore & Franklin D. Roosevelt Naval History Prize, FDR Presidential Library, Roosevelt Institute, Theodore Roosevelt Association, and the New York Council, Navy League of the U.S.

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