Negative intelligence : the army and the American Left, 1917-1941
Roy Talbert (Author)
"Negative Intelligence: The Army and the American Left, 1917–1941" by Roy Talbert Jr. examines the U.S. Army's extensive surveillance of civilians and groups deemed subversive during World War I, the Red Scare, and the Great Depression. Established in 1917 by Major General Ralph H. Van Deman, the Military Intelligence Division's Negative Branch conducted domestic espionage surpassing even the Department of Justice's Bureau of Investigation. Targets included the Industrial Workers of the World, the American Civil Liberties Union, and African American activists. The Army collaborated with private vigilante groups to conduct illegal raids, arrests, and interrogations, developing an elaborate filing system for its dossiers. After World War I, the focus shifted to Bolshevik activities, and despite attempts to restrain its work, the Army's civilian espionage programs were revitalized during the Great Depression. As World War II approached, internal security became a national policy, with the Federal Bureau of Investigation assuming a dominant role in domestic spying
Print Book, English, 1991
University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, 1991