Surprise Attack : : The Victim’s Perspective, With a New Preface /

Surprise Attack : : The Victim’s Perspective, With a New Preface / / Ephraim Kam.

Ephraim Kam observes surprise attack through the eyes of its victim in order to understand the causes of the victim’s failure to anticipate the coming of war. Emphasizing the psychological aspect of warfare, Kam traces the behavior of the victim at various functional levels and from several points o...

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VerfasserIn:
Kam, Ephraim,
MitwirkendeR:
Schelling, Thomas C.,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]
©2004
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface, 2004: Old Patterns, New Lessons
  • Introduction
  • Part I. The Components of Surprise Attack
  • 1. The Essence of Surprise Attack
  • 2. Information and Indicators
  • 3. Intentions and Capabilities
  • Part II. Judgmental Biases and Intelligence Analysis
  • 4. Conceptions and Incoming Information
  • 5. The Process of Analysis
  • Part III. The Environment
  • 6. The Analyst and the Small Group
  • 7. Organizational Obstacles
  • 8. Intelligence and Decision Makers
  • Conclusion: Is Surprise Attack Inevitable?
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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