An edition of Intelligence and surprise attack (2013)

Intelligence and surprise attack

failure and success from Pearl Harbor to 9/11 and beyond

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An edition of Intelligence and surprise attack (2013)

Intelligence and surprise attack

failure and success from Pearl Harbor to 9/11 and beyond

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English
Pages
277

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Table of Contents

Introduction: breaking the first law of intelligence failure
Why does intelligence fail, and how can it succeed?
Pearl Harbor: challenging the conventional wisdom
The Battle of Midway: explaining intelligence success
Testing the argument: classic cases of surprise attack
The East Africa embassy bombings: disaster despite warning
New York City: preventing a day of terror
The 9/11 attacks: a new explanation
Testing the argument: why do terrorist plots fail?
Conclusion: preventing surprise attacks today.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-266) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
327.1273
Library of Congress
JK468.I6 D325 2013, JK468.I6D325 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 277 pages
Number of pages
277

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL27152226M
ISBN 10
1589019989
ISBN 13
9781589019980
LCCN
2012042488
OCLC/WorldCat
822028575

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL19972037W

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