Surprise Attack : : The Victim’s Perspective / / Ephraim Kam.

A new version of this book is now available. The striking thing about surprise attack is how frequently it succeeds--even in our own day, when improvements in communications and intelligence gathering should make it extremly difficult to sneak up on anyone. Ephraim Kam observes surprise attack throu...

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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]
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Year of Publication:2013
Edition:Reprint 2014
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (266 p.) :; 3 tables, 1 line illustration
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • PART ONE. The Components of Surprise Attack
  • 1. The Essence of Surprise Attack
  • 2. Information and Indicators
  • 3. Intentions and Capabilities
  • PART TWO. Judgmental Biases and Intelligence Analysis
  • 4. Conceptions and Incoming Information
  • 5. The Process of Analysis
  • PART THREE. The Environment
  • 6. The Analyst and the Small Group
  • 7. Organizational Obstacles
  • 8. Intelligence and Decision Makers
  • CONCLUSION
  • Notes. Bibliography. Index
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index