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INTELLIGENCE AND SURPRISE ATTACK: FAILURE AND SUCCESS FROM PEARL HARBOR TO 9/11 AND BEYOND

Book ID/图书代码: 05121213B63771

English Summary/英文概要: How can the United States avoid a future surprise attack on the scale of 9/11 or Pearl Harbor, in an era when such devastating attacks can come not only from nation states, but also from terrorist groups or cyber enemies? Intelligence and Surprise Attack examines why surprise attacks often succeed even though, in most cases, warnings had been available beforehand. Erik J. Dahl challenges the conventional wisdom about intelligence failure, which holds that attacks succeed because important warnings get lost amid noise or because intelligence officials lack the imagination and collaboration to "connect the dots" of available information. Comparing cases of intelligence failure with intelligence success, Dahl finds that the key to success is not more imagination or better analysis, but 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. The book offers a new understanding of classic cases of conventional and terrorist attacks such as Pearl Harbor, the Battle of Midway, and the bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. The book also presents a comprehensive analysis of the intelligence picture before the 9/11 attacks, making use of new information available since the publication of the 9/11 Commission Report and challenging some of that report’s findings.

Chinese Summary/中文概要: 美国如何才能避免规模如同珍珠港和911事件的偷袭,在这样一个时代,这种毁灭性的攻击不仅来自民族国家,也可以来自恐怖团伙或网络敌人。《情报和突袭》探讨了为什么大多数情况下事先有了警觉,偷袭还是能够得手。埃里克•J•达尔挑战了情报失败的传统智慧,他认为偷袭的成功是因为重要的警告在混乱中丢失了重点,或者因为情报官员缺乏想象力以及缺乏对有价值信息“连接点”的协作能力。比较情报失败和成功的案例, 达尔认为,成功的关键不是有更多的想象空间或更好的分析,而是精确的、战术级情报与决策者的结合,这些决策者愿意倾听来自情报人员的警告,并且作出一定防范。这本书对传统的恐怖袭击事件作出了全新的理解,比如珍珠港偷袭,中途岛战役,美国驻肯尼亚和坦桑尼亚大使馆爆炸案。这本书还介绍了在911事件爆发之前对情报图片的分析,911事件委员会报告出来后该书对新信息进行了有价值的利用,并且挑战了报告里面的部分结果。(LNL)

Awards/获奖情况:“埃里克•达尔把情报领域工作者的经验和精确分析后的学术理论结合起来,并从历史的角度看我们防止911偷袭的能力。他的书对情报失败方面有很大的贡献。”—— 玛莎•克伦肖,来自斯坦福大学,美国国际安全与合作中心的高级研究员

“大多数写过情报方面的书籍的学者得出的结论是:失败是必然的,但埃里克•达尔采取了不同的,突破性的方式。在这本值得一读的书中,他概述了情报成功并防止偷袭的方法。很多读者会发现这本书很有用,每个情报分析师的书架上都应放上一本。”——亚瑟,波士顿大学国际关系学副教授

“埃里克•达尔的《情报和偷袭》反映了一个情报工作者和严谨的学者的经验。这是一项严肃的工作,应该引起全世界的注意。”——托马斯•G•麦肯,美国海军战争学院经济地理和国家安全的主席

“在这本重要的书里,达尔通过探索情报失败和成功的案例进一步研究了偷袭,他强调警告的价值足够精确来采取一些行动,并提醒我们,警告只会影响那些愿意听从的人。这个理论发展的很好,案例研究都堪称典范。”——阿德莱•史蒂文森,罗伯特•杰维斯,哥伦比亚大学政治学教授

“该书以对深入研究跨越七十年历史的美国情报失败和成功的研究为基础,还有自己作为一个职业情报官员的宝贵经验,埃里克•达尔对为什么以及什么时候情报会失败作出了新的解释。他强调了具体的、可操作情报的重要性,他解释了过去的错误,并建议了在未来如何预防。《情报和偷袭》是对传统偷袭和恐怖分子偷袭的一个吸引人的研究,是所有学习情报理论与实践的学生的必读物。”——杰克•利维,罗格斯大学理事会的教授

About the Author/作者介绍: 埃里克•达尔是加利福尼亚州的蒙特雷海军研究生院国家安全事务助理教授。也是海军研究生院国土防御和安全中心(CHDS)的教员。此前,他曾是哈佛大学贝尔弗科学与国际事务中心的研究员,以及海军战争学院联合军事行动的讲师,并担任美国海军情报官员。

Erik J. Dahl is an assistant professor of national security affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. He is also a faculty member of the Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS) at the Naval Postgraduate School. Previously, he was a fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University, an instructor of joint military operations at the Naval War College, and served as an intelligence officer in the United States Navy.

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