{"product_id":"military-intelligence-blunders-by-john-hughes-wilson-9781789466690","title":"Military Intelligence Blunders","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA cracking good read... I will recommend this book to anyone\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eProfessor Richard Holmes\u003c\/strong\u003e, CBE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Falklands, Yom Kippur, Tet and Pearl Harbor? Avoidable intelligence blunders or much worse? Altogether a compelling read from someone who knows the business\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eNigel West\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMilitary Intelligence Blunders\u003c\/i\u003e is a professional military-intelligence officer's - and controversial insider's - view of some of the greatest intelligence blunders of recent history. It includes the serious developments in government misuse of intelligence in the US-led coalition's 2003 war with Iraq, as well as failures of intelligence in Ukraine following Russia's invasion in February 2022. Colonel John Hughes-Wilson analyses not just the events that conspire to cause disaster, but why crucial intelligence is so often ignored, misunderstood or spun by politicians and seasoned generals alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book analyses: how Hitler's intelligence staff misled him in a bid to outfox their Nazi Party rivals; the bureaucratic bungling behind Pearl Harbor; how in-fighting within American intelligence ensured they were taken off guard by the Viet Cong's 1968 Tet Offensive; how overconfidence, political interference, and deception facilitated Egypt and Syria's 1973 surprise attack on Israel; why a handful of marines and a London taxicab were all Britain had to defend the Falklands; the mistaken intelligence that allowed Saddam Hussein to remain in power until the second Iraq War of 2003; the truth behind the US failure to run a terrorist warning system before the 9\/11 WTC bombing; and how governments are increasingly pressurising intelligence agencies to 'spin' a party-political line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46849566900460,"sku":"9781789466690","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/3110153482825.jpg?v=1759051937","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/military-intelligence-blunders-by-john-hughes-wilson-9781789466690","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}