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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Dahl, Erik J. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2013]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
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.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (288 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781589016804

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