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Surprise Attack: The Victim’s Perspective, With a New Preface
Harvard University Press, 2004 Paper: 978-0-674-01354-4 | eISBN: 978-0-674-03929-2 | Cloth: 978-0-674-85745-2 Library of Congress Classification U163.K27 1988 Dewey Decimal Classification 355.43
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Ephraim Kam observes surprise attack through the eyes of its victim in order to understand the causes of the victim’s failure to anticipate the coming of war. Emphasizing the psychological aspect of warfare, Kam traces the behavior of the victim at various functional levels and from several points of view in order to examine the difficulties and mistakes that permit a nation to be taken by surprise. He argues that anticipation and prediction of a coming war are more complicated than any other issue of strategic estimation, involving such interdependent factors as analytical contradictions, judgmental biases, organizational obstacles, and political as well as military constraints. See other books on: International relations | Military art and science | New Preface | Security (National & International) | Strategy See other titles from Harvard University Press |
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Surprise Attack: The Victim’s Perspective, With a New Preface
ABOUT THIS BOOK | REVIEWS | TOC
Harvard University Press, 2004
Paper: 978-0-674-01354-4
eISBN: 978-0-674-03929-2
Cloth: 978-0-674-85745-2
Paper: 978-0-674-01354-4
eISBN: 978-0-674-03929-2
Cloth: 978-0-674-85745-2
Ephraim Kam observes surprise attack through the eyes of its victim in order to understand the causes of the victim’s failure to anticipate the coming of war. Emphasizing the psychological aspect of warfare, Kam traces the behavior of the victim at various functional levels and from several points of view in order to examine the difficulties and mistakes that permit a nation to be taken by surprise. He argues that anticipation and prediction of a coming war are more complicated than any other issue of strategic estimation, involving such interdependent factors as analytical contradictions, judgmental biases, organizational obstacles, and political as well as military constraints.
ABOUT THIS BOOK | REVIEWS | TOC
