{"product_id":"military-intelligence-blunders-9781789466690b","title":"Military Intelligence Blunders","description":"This book is a professional military-intelligence officer's - and controversial insider's - view of some of the greatest intelligence blunders of recent history. It 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. Colonel John Hughes-Wilson analyses 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. \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThis book analyses: how Hitler's intelligence staff misled him in a bid to outfox their Nazi Party rivals; the bureaucratic bungling behind Pearl Harbor; how in-fighting within American intelligence ensured they were taken off guard by the Viet Cong's 1968 Tet Offensive; how overconfidence, political interference and deception facilitated Egypt and Syria's 1973 surprise attack on Israel; why a handful of marines and a London taxicab were all Britain had to defend the Falklands; the mistaken intelligence that allowed Saddam Hussein to remain in power until the second Iraq War of 2003; the truth behind the US failure to run a terrorist warning system before the 9\/11 WTC bombing; and how governments are increasingly pressurising intelligence agencies to 'spin' a party-political line.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e'A cracking good read... I will recommend this book to anyone' - Professor Richard Holmes, CBE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The Falklands, Yom Kippur, Tet and Pearl Harbor? Avoidable intelligence blunders or much worse? Altogether a compelling read from someone who knows the business' - Nigel West\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"John Blake Publishing Limited","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42821637800016,"sku":"9781789466690B","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781789466690-l.jpg?v=1785884535","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/military-intelligence-blunders-9781789466690b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}