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020 _a9781589019980 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 _a1589019989 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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082 0 0 _a327.1273
100 1 _aDahl, Erik J.
_919702
245 1 0 _aIntelligence and surprise attack :
_bfailure and success from Pearl Harbor to 9/11 and beyond /
_cErik J. Dahl.
264 1 _aWashington, DC :
_bGeorgetown University Press,
_c[2013]
300 _ax, 277 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 241-266) and index.
505 _aIntroduction: 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
520 _aExamines 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
650 0 _aIntelligence service
_zUnited States.
650 4 _aServicio de inteligencia
_zEstados Unidos
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650 0 _aNational security
_zUnited States.
650 4 _aSeguridad nacional
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