Intelligence and surprise attack
Subtitle: failure and success from Pearl Harbor to 9/11 and beyond
By: Erik J. Dahl
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9781589019980
Subjects: Intelligence service; National security
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-266) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: breaking the first law of intelligence failure; title: Why does intelligence fail, and how can it succeed?; title: Pearl Harbor: challenging the conventional wisdom; title: The Battle of Midway: explaining intelligence success; title: Testing the argument: classic cases of surprise attack; title: The East Africa embassy bombings: disaster despite warning; title: New York City: preventing a day of terror; title: The 9/11 attacks: a new explanation; title: Testing the argument: why do terrorist plots fail?; title: Conclusion: preventing surprise attacks today.