Paradoxes of Strategic Intelligence: Essays in Honor of Michael I. Handel

by Mahnken; Thomas G.

• ISBN13: 9780714654713
• ISBN10: 071465471X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-08-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Before the two world wars, Churchill was deeply concerned by the threats that faced Great Britain in the international arena. This volume examines Churchill's views about the rise of German and Japanese power, and how the growing armed strength of these two countries undermined the security of Britain and its empire. In addition, new technologies were transforming the international and strategic environment, not always to Britain's advantage. The growing importance of air power in modern warfare, for example, posed the grave danger of direct attacks by bombers on the British home isles. The authors also offer new appraisals of the foreign policy and strategic prescriptions advocated by Churchill.

Table of Contents

Preface	viii
Acknowledgements	xi
Notes on Contributors	xiii
1 Intelligence and the Problem of Strategic Surprise	1	(58)
Michael I. Handel
2 Politicization of Intelligence: Costs and Benefits	59	(21)
Richard K. Betts
3 Intelligence Failures: Forecasting and the Lessons of Epistemology	80	(21)
Woodrow J. Kuhns
4 Theory of Surprise	101	(16)
James J. Wirtz
5 'FORTITUDE' in Context: The Evolution of British Military Deception in Two World Wars, 1914-1945	117	(49)
John Ferris
6 Intelligence Failure and the Need for Cognitive Closure: The Case of Yom Kippur	166	(24)
Uri Bar-Joseph
7 Grant vs. Sherman: Paradoxes of Intelligence and Combat Leadership	190	(13)
Mark M. Lowenthal
Index	203