Paradoxes of Strategic Intelligence

Essays in Honor of Michael I. Handel
Herausgeber: Betts, Richard K.; Mahnken, Thomas

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This collection explores the paradoxes of intelligence analysis, surprise and deception from both historical and theoretical perspectives.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 346g
• ISBN-13: 9780714683768
• ISBN-10: 0714683760
• Artikelnr.: 22265108

Autorenporträt

Betts, Richard K.; Mahnken, Thomas

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
1 Intelligence and the Problem of Strategic Surprise
2 Politicization of Intelligence: Costs and Benefits
3 Intelligence Failures: Forecasting and the Lessons of Epistemology
4 Theory of Surprise
5 'FORTITUDE' in Context: The Evolution of British Military Deception in Two World Wars
1914-1945
6 Intelligence Failure and the Need for Cognitive Closure: The Case of Yom Kippur
7 Grant vs. Sherman: Paradoxes of Intelligence and Combat Leadership
Index