The enigmatic science of military intelligence is examined in this personal record by Koch, who served during World War II as chief of intelligence for General George S. Patton, Jr., one of the most colorful military leaders in American history. Koch traces the growth and development of the infant science through detailed accounts of the intelligence role in some of the most celebrated battles of the war, and through his personal remembrances of Patton and his relationships with members of his intelligence staff. His story moves from the African campaign through Sicily, into France on D-Day and on to the Battle of the Bulge, pointing out how the work of the intelligence staff made the differences in the final reckoning. On the Military Intelligence Branch History Reading List 2012.

"An Army Times Publishing Company book."

Prologue : In time of peace -- Four thousand miles to go -- Tunisia -- Planning for Sicily -- Sicily -- Operation Overlord -- Opportunity knocks -- The fog of war -- German prelude to the Bulge -- The fog lifts -- German prelude to the Bulge -- The fog lifts -- The winter of German defeat -- What makes a G-2? -- Intelligence in combat -- George Smith Patton, Jr. -- Epilogue : Command support.