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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 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface, 2004: Old Patterns, New Lessons
- Introduction
- Part I. The Components of Surprise Attack
- 1. The Essence of Surprise Attack
- 2. Information and Indicators
- 3. Intentions and Capabilities
- Part II. Judgmental Biases and Intelligence Analysis
- 4. Conceptions and Incoming Information
- 5. The Process of Analysis
- Part III. The Environment
- 6. The Analyst and the Small Group
- 7. Organizational Obstacles
- 8. Intelligence and Decision Makers
- Conclusion: Is Surprise Attack Inevitable?
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index