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Intelligence and surprise attack : failure and success from Pearl Harbor to 9/11 and beyond /
How can the United States avoid a future surprise attack on the scale of 9/11 or Pearl Harbor, in an era when such devastating attacks can come not only from nation states, but also from terrorist groups or cyber enemies? This book examines why surprise attacks often succeed even though, in most cas...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, DC :
Georgetown University Press,
[2013]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | How can the United States avoid a future surprise attack on the scale of 9/11 or Pearl Harbor, in an era when such devastating attacks can come not only from nation states, but also from terrorist groups or cyber enemies? This book examines why surprise attacks often succeed even though, in most cases, warnings had been available beforehand. The author challenges the conventional wisdom about intelligence failure, which holds that attacks succeed because important warnings get lost amid noise or because intelligence officials lack the imagination and collaboration to "connect the dots" of available information. Comparing cases of intelligence failure with intelligence success, the author finds that the key to success is not more imagination or better analysis, but better acquisition of precise, tactical-level intelligence combined with the presence of decision makers who are willing to listen to and act on the warnings they receive from their intelligence staff. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 277 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-266) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781589016804 1589016807 |