BETTS Richard K (ed.)

Paradoxes of strategic intelligence: essays in honour of Michael I Handel - London: Frank Cass, 2003 - 210p.

This collection of papers considers why intelligence works and also why it does not. Includes Michael Handel's own paper "Intelligence and the problem of strategic surprise" as well as studies of why British intelligence operations in both world wars were so successful, why Israel was taken by surprise in the Yom Kippur war, and what effect technological developments may have on surprise and deception in the future.

0714683760 (pbk.): 18.99 GBP


DECEPTION
INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
SURPRISE