TY - BOOK AU - ALEXSEEV Mikhail A TI - Without warning: threat assessment, intelligence and the global struggle SN - 0333731131 (hbk.): PY - 1997/// CY - Basingstoke PB - Macmillan KW - COLD WAR KW - INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS KW - NAPOLEONIC WARS KW - THREAT ASSESSMENT N2 - The author compares the intelligence priorities of principal decision-makers in various parts of the world: the Mongol Empire and Sung China (1206-1220); Britain and France (1783-1800); and the United States and the Soviet Union (1975-91) ER -