Erik J. Dahl, "Intelligence and Surprise Attack: Failure and Success from Pearl Harbor to 9/11 and Beyond" Eight Bells Book Lecture, Naval War College Museum, Nov. 7, 2013.
Why do surprise attacks often succeed even though, in most cases, warnings had been available beforehand? Challenging conventional wisdom which holds that attacks succeed because important warnings get lost amid noise or because intelligence officials lack the imagination, Dahl finds that the key to success is better acquisition of precise, tactical-level intelligence combined with the presence of decision makers who are willing to listen to and act on the warnings they receive from their intelligence staff.
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