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? Intelligence and Surprise Attack examines why surprise attacks often succeed e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dahl, Erik J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
National security.
Intelligence service.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Security (National & International)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
National security > United States.
Intelligence service > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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? Intelligence and Surprise Attack examines why surprise attacks often succeed even though, in most cases, warnings had been available beforehand. Erik J. Dahl challenges the conventional wisdom about intelligence failure.
Physical Description:1 online resource (288 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781589016804

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