Surprise attack
Subtitle: from Pearl Harbor to 9/11 to Benghazi
By: Larry Hancock
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 568
ISBN-13: 9781619025660
Subjects: Intelligence service; History
Description: Revealing disconnects in the chain of command, examines the intelligence tools and techniques that have provided warnings of threats to the U.S. over the past sixty years and why they have often failed to prevent attacks.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 514-555) and index.
Table of contents: title: Warnings; title: Interdict or intercept; title: Errors of command; title: A new threat; title: Hollow force; title: Uncertainties at home; title: Fear factors; title: Mirror imaging; title: Targeting; title: Crisis; title: Continuity of command; title: Mind games, Maskirovka and atomic war fighting; title: Reality check; title: Preparedness; title: Out of the shadows; title: Shadow boxing; title: Inertia; title: Attack; title: Points of failure; title: Going forward; title: Diplomatic insecurity; title: Hindsight and foresight.