Surprise Attack The Victims Perspective, With a New Preface

Klappentext 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. Emphasing 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! judgemental biases! organizational obstacles! and political as well as military constraints. Zusammenfassung Emphasizing the psychological aspect of warfare! Ephraim Kam observes surprise attack through the eyes of its victims. He traces the behavior of the victim to examine the mistakes that permit a nation to be taken by surprise and argues that anticipation and prediction of war is more complicated than any other issue of strategic estimation.

Product details

• Authors: Ephraim Kam, Kam Ephraim
• Assisted by: Schelling Thomas C. (Foreword)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 15.05.2004
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration
• EAN: 9780674013544
• ISBN: 978-0-674-01354-4
• Pages: 304
• Dimensions (packing): 15.9 x 23.5 x 1.9 cm
• Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, Politics & government, Military and defence strategy, Military intelligence