Ebook: Surprise attack : from Pearl Harbor to 9/11 to Benghazi
Author: Hancock Larry J
- Tags: Intelligence service -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Intelligence service -- United States -- History -- 21st century. United States. -- Secret Service -- History. Pearl Harbor (Hawaii) Attack on 1941. September 11 Terrorist Attacks 2001. Benghazi Consulate Attack Banghāzī Libya 2012. United States. -- Secret Service. Intelligence servi
- Year: 2015
- Publisher: Counterpoint
- City: Berkeley, CA, Hawaii., United States
- Language: English
- epub
Surprise Attack explores sixty plus years of military and terror threats against the United States. It examines the intelligence tools and practices that provided warnings of those attacks and evaluates the United States' responses, both in preparedness -- and most importantly -- the effectiveness of our military and national command authority. Contrary to common claims, the historical record now shows thatRead more...
Abstract: Surprise Attack explores sixty plus years of military and terror threats against the United States. It examines the intelligence tools and practices that provided warnings of those attacks and evaluates the United States' responses, both in preparedness -- and most importantly -- the effectiveness of our military and national command authority. Contrary to common claims, the historical record now shows that warnings, often very solid warnings, have preceded almost all such attacks, both domestic and international. Intelligence practices developed early in the Cold War, along with intelligence collection techniques have consistently produced accurate warnings for our national security decision makers. Surprise Attack traces the evolution and application of those practices and explores why such warnings have often failed to either interdict or intercept actual attacks