Description
Intelligence and Surprise Attack examines why surprise attacks often succeed even though warnings in many cases had been available beforehand. Dahl challenges the conventional wisdom about intelligence failure, which holds that attacks succeed because warnings get lost amid noise and intelligence officials lack the imagination to 'connect the dots'.
Author: Erik J. Dahl
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: 07/19/2013
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781589019980
ISBN10: 1589019989
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Intelligence & Espionage
- Political Science | Security (National & International)
About the Author
Erik J. Dahl is an assistant professor of national security affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. He is also a faculty member of the Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS) at the Naval Postgraduate School. Previously, he was a fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, an instructor of joint military operations at the Naval War College, and served as an intelligence officer in the United States Navy.