Beyond the Ranges - Hardcover

Colonel Consuelo Andrew Seaone (Author); Robert L. Niemann (Co-Author); Jon P. Speller (Editor)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0831500697 ISBN 13: 9780831500696

Publisher: Robert Speller & Sons, Publishers, 1960

Synopsis

Beyond the Ranges by Colonel Consuelo Andrew Seoane, U.S. Army, as told to Robert L. Niemann, is a classic book on the craft of intelligence, recounting the long career of the author as a distinguished intelligence officer in the U.S. Army. His experience and opinions based upon that experience in this book were assessed by Military Review: "Seoane is an astute and independent observer of men and events." From 1909-1911 Seoane and Commander Joseph "Snake" Thompson, U.S. Navy, posed as botanists in Japan while preparing maps of the coast line - America's first espionage agents deployed in the field in Japan. Their information was of vital importance to America in the Second World War. In his Foreword to Beyond the Ranges, Brig. Gen. Henry J. Reilly, US Army, confirms that Colonel Seaone "was one of the first two agents (spies) for the Army to have operated in Japan, Korea, the Ryukyus, Taiwan, Manchuria and China...I believe that everyone, particularly those who are interested in World Affairs will find this book to be both informative and thought-provoking." Col. Seoane's co-author, Robert L. Niemann, was an expert on psywar and served as radio commentary writer for the Voice of the United Nations Command (psychological warfare) news branch that broadcast daily in Korean and Chinese to the Communist oppressed parts of those two important Asian nations.If one is interested in the evolution of the U.S. intelligence establishment after the Spanish-American War until today, Colonel Seaone's account and numerous "tidbits" in his book are of inestimable value for both the "old hands" and new personnel in intelligence now engaged in the war against deviant religious fanatic terrorists. The Editor of Beyond the Ranges, Jon P. Speller, was at the time of his editing of it the Personal Secretary to legendary "silent observer and listener in" Commander Sergius M. Riis, who said that "Colonel Seaone's book was must reading for anyone engaged in the shadow world of 'The Great Game,' to help them to learn not to 'sleep in their capes, nor to become so entranced by the Game that they forget that the Game has a purpose." Colonel Seaone was not only a superb in the field observer, but he was well experienced regarding the fact that a key aspect of the intelligence gathering and evaluating process is the ability to differentiate between the more important from the less important intelligence data. Anyone who believes that ability to be a necessity in today's terrorist plagued world should buy this book now!

Edition details

• Publisher: Robert Speller & Sons, Publishers
• Publication date: 1960
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0831500697
• ISBN 13: 9780831500696
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256