{"product_id":"military-intelligence-blunders-9781789466690","title":"Military Intelligence Blunders","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): John Wilson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: John Blake\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: John Blake\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Military - Strategy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA professional military-intelligence officer's - and controversial insider's - view of some of the greatest intelligence blunders of recent history. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book includes the serious developments in government misuse of intelligence in the US-led coalition's 2003 war with Iraq, as well as failures of intelligence in Ukraine following Russia's invasion in February 2022. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Colonel John Hughes-Wilson analyzes not just the events that conspire to cause disaster, but why crucial intelligence is so often ignored, misunderstood or spun by politicians and seasoned generals alike. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book analyzes: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehow Hitler's intelligence staff misled him in a bid to outfox their Nazi Party rivals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe bureaucratic bungling behind Pearl Harbor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehow in-fighting within American intelligence ensured they were taken off guard by the Viet Cong's 1968 Tet Offensive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehow overconfidence, political interference and deception facilitated Egypt and Syria's 1973 surprise attack on Israel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewhy a handful of marines and a London taxicab were all Britain had to defend the Falklands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe mistaken intelligence that allowed Saddam Hussein to remain in power until the second Iraq War of 2003\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe truth behind the US failure to run a terrorist warning system before 9\/11\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehow governments are increasingly pressuring intelligence agencies to 'spin' a party-political line\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Blake","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45033884123287,"sku":"9781789466690","price":980.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781789466690.webp?v=1769209930","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/military-intelligence-blunders-9781789466690","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}