Deception and Surprise: Problems of Analysts and Analysis

Colby, William E.

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Deception and Surprise: Problems of Analysts and Analysis

William E. Colby

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Pearl Harbour is the quintessential example of successful deception and surprise. While Japanese diplomats carried on negotiations for peace, a Japanese fleet secretly went to sea and carried out one of the most successful surprise attacks in history.

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Kent, Sherman, Strategic Intelligence for American World Policy (Princeton U.P., 1949)
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The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, USA
Robert L. Pfaltzgraff Jr (Professor of International Politics and a Member of the International Security Studies Program, Director) & Uri Ra’anan (Professor of International Politics and Chairman of the International Security Studies Program) (Professor of International Politics and a Member of the International Security Studies Program, Director) & (Professor of International Politics and Chairman of the International Security Studies Program)
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Robert L. Pfaltzgraff Jr (Professor of International Politics and a Member of the International Security Studies Program, Director) (Professor of International Politics and a Member of the International Security Studies Program, Director)
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Warren Milberg (a member of the Issues Team, Office of the Air Force Vice Chief of Staff) (a member of the Issues Team, Office of the Air Force Vice Chief of Staff)

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Colby, W.E. (1981). Deception and Surprise: Problems of Analysts and Analysis. In: Pfaltzgraff, R.L., Ra’anan, U., Milberg, W. (eds) Intelligence Policy and National Security. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05828-0_7

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