02381cam a2200421 i 4500 115642 115642 17562658 BJBSDDR 20230411090735.0 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta 121214s2013 dcua b 001 0 eng 2012042488 9781589019980 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1589019989 (pbk. : alk. paper) DLC eng DLC rda DLC eng pcc n-us--- JK 468 D131i 2013 327.1273 Dahl, Erik J. 19702 Intelligence and surprise attack : failure and success from Pearl Harbor to 9/11 and beyond / Erik J. Dahl. Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2013] x, 277 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-266) and index. Introduction: Breaking the First Law of Intelligence Failure1. Why Does Intelligence Fail, and How Can It Succeed?Part I: The Problem of Conventional Surprise Attack 2. Pearl Harbor: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom3. The Battle of Midway: Explaining Intelligence Success4. Testing the Argument: Classic Cases of Surprise AttackPart II: The Problem of Terrorist Surprise Attack 5. The East Africa Embassy Bombings: Disaster Despite Warning6. New York City: Preventing a Day of Terror7. The 9/11 Attacks: A New Explanation8. Testing the Argument: Why Do Terrorist Plots Fail?Conclusion: Preventing Surprise Attacks TodayAppendix: Unsuccessful Plots and Attacks against American Targets, 1987-2012NotesBibliographyIndex Examines why surprise attacks often succeed even though warnings in many cases had been available beforehand. This book offers a new understanding of cases such as Pearl Harbor, and provides Intelligence service United States. Servicio de inteligencia Estados Unidos 559 National security United States. Seguridad nacional Estados Unidos 430 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2021-12-14 0 JK 468 D131i 2013 00000156242 2021-12-14 00:00:00 1 2021-12-14 BK