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Intelligence and surprise attack : failure and success from Pearl Harbor to 9/11 and beyond / Erik J. Dahl.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2013]Description: x, 277 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781589019980 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1589019989 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 327.1273
LOC classification:
  • JK 468 D131i 2013
Contents:
Introduction: Breaking the First Law of Intelligence Failure1. Why Does Intelligence Fail, and How Can It Succeed?Part I: The Problem of Conventional Surprise Attack 2. Pearl Harbor: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom3. The Battle of Midway: Explaining Intelligence Success4. Testing the Argument: Classic Cases of Surprise AttackPart II: The Problem of Terrorist Surprise Attack 5. The East Africa Embassy Bombings: Disaster Despite Warning6. New York City: Preventing a Day of Terror7. The 9/11 Attacks: A New Explanation8. Testing the Argument: Why Do Terrorist Plots Fail?Conclusion: Preventing Surprise Attacks TodayAppendix: Unsuccessful Plots and Attacks against American Targets, 1987-2012NotesBibliographyIndex
Summary: Examines why surprise attacks often succeed even though warnings in many cases had been available beforehand. This book offers a new understanding of cases such as Pearl Harbor, and provides
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) JK 468 D131i 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000156242

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

Introduction: Breaking the First Law of Intelligence Failure1. Why Does Intelligence Fail, and How Can It Succeed?Part I: The Problem of Conventional Surprise Attack 2. Pearl Harbor: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom3. The Battle of Midway: Explaining Intelligence Success4. Testing the Argument: Classic Cases of Surprise AttackPart II: The Problem of Terrorist Surprise Attack 5. The East Africa Embassy Bombings: Disaster Despite Warning6. New York City: Preventing a Day of Terror7. The 9/11 Attacks: A New Explanation8. Testing the Argument: Why Do Terrorist Plots Fail?Conclusion: Preventing Surprise Attacks TodayAppendix: Unsuccessful Plots and Attacks against American Targets, 1987-2012NotesBibliographyIndex

Examines why surprise attacks often succeed even though warnings in many cases had been available beforehand. This book offers a new understanding of cases such as Pearl Harbor, and provides

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