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Surprise attack : the victim's perspective /
Ephraim Kam observes surprise attack through the eyes of its victim in order to understand the causes of the victim's failure to anticipate the coming of war. Emphasing the psychological aspect of warfare, Kam traces the behavior of the victim at various functional levels and from several point...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
2004.
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| Edición: | 1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed. / |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Ephraim Kam observes surprise attack through the eyes of its victim in order to understand the causes of the victim's failure to anticipate the coming of war. Emphasing the psychological aspect of warfare, Kam traces the behavior of the victim at various functional levels and from several points of view in order to examine the difficulties and mistakes that permit a nation to be taken by surprise. He argues that anticipation and prediction of a coming war are more complicated than any other issue of strategic estimation, involving such interdependent factors as analytical contradictions, judgemental biases, organizational obstacles, and political as well as military constraints. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxvi, 266 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-257) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780674039292 0674039297 9780674013544 0674013549 0674493958 9780674493957 |