Intelligence and surprise attack : failure and success from Pearl Harbor to 9/11 and beyond /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dahl, Erik J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2013]
Temas:
Intelligence service > United States.
National security > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Security (National & International)
Intelligence service.
National security.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : breaking the first law of intelligence failure
  • Why does intelligence fail, and how can it succeed?
  • Pearl Harbor : challenging the conventional wisdom
  • The Battle of Midway : explaining intelligence success
  • Testing the argument : classic cases of surprise attack
  • The East Africa embassy bombings : disaster despite warning
  • New York City : preventing a day of terror
  • The 9/11 attacks : a new explanation
  • Testing the argument : why do terrorist plots fail?
  • Conclusion : preventing surprise attacks today
  • Appendix : Unsuccessful plots and attacks against American targets, 1987-2012.

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