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Books : Military Intelligence Blunders and Cover-UpsIn association with Amazon.com List Price: $15.00 Price: $14.34 You Save: $0.66 ( 4%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Format: Bargain Price Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 384 Publication Date: March 31, 2004 Sales Rank: 1446006 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: The events of 9/11 and the war on terrorism and the daily crises in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict-behind them lie some of the most shocking failures and misuse of military intelligence in history. In this updated edition of Colonel Hughes-Wilson's controversial book, the long-serving professional military intelligence officer explores and exposes the often disastrous misunderstanding and mishandling of crucial intelligence by politicians and seasoned generals in recent times. Modern military history records major catastrophes in the air, at sea, and on the battlefield that originate in lapses of military judgment-from the crushing defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo to Stalin's Operation Barbarossa to Yom Kippur. The reason frequently lies in the failure of the decision makers in power to understand and appreciate fully intelligence information. So it was that American bureaucratic bungling and interservice rivalries collaborated with the Japanese in their devastating attack on Pearl Harbor-despite the fact that the U.S. was monitoring Japan's top-secret radio traffic. So, too, the Viet Cong's Tet Offensive of 1968 took the world's most technologically advanced army completely by surprise. This book discloses the lapses, errors, miscalculations, and underestimations of military intelligence that have shaped our wars and defined our times. Average Rating:
 Rating: - On time, great conditionThis book is very hard to find and was hoping I could get it in time for a class. Arrived sooner than expected, and wonderful condition. Bet others wish they'd ordered it from you instead of other sellers! Browse for similar items by category: 
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