{"product_id":"military-intelligence-blunders-9781789466690","title":"Military Intelligence Blunders","description":"\u003cb\u003eA professional military-intelligence officer's - and controversial insider's - view of some of the greatest intelligence blunders of recent history. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Colonel John Hughes-Wilson analyzes 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book analyzes: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehow Hitler's intelligence staff misled him in a bid to outfox their Nazi Party rivals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe bureaucratic bungling behind Pearl Harbor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehow in-fighting within American intelligence ensured they were taken off guard by the Viet Cong's 1968 Tet Offensive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehow overconfidence, political interference and deception facilitated Egypt and Syria's 1973 surprise attack on Israel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewhy a handful of marines and a London taxicab were all Britain had to defend the Falklands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe mistaken intelligence that allowed Saddam Hussein to remain in power until the second Iraq War of 2003\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe truth behind the US failure to run a terrorist warning system before 9\/11\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehow governments are increasingly pressuring intelligence agencies to 'spin' a party-political line\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring his twenty-five years in the Intelligence Corps and as a Special Forces operations officer, \u003cb\u003eColonel John Hughes-Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e saw active service in the Falkland Islands, Cyprus, Arabia, and Northern Ireland, as well as in the dangerous jungles of Whitehall and NATO. One of Britain's leading military historians, he is the author, among other books, of \u003ci\u003eJFK: An American Coup d'Etat\u003c\/i\u003e (John Blake, 2013) and the Imperial War Museum's\u003ci\u003e A History of the First World War in 100 Objects\u003c\/i\u003e (2014); his much reprinted book \u003ci\u003eIntelligence Blunders \u003c\/i\u003ewas found at Osama Bin Laden's bedside and has become a CIA textbook. He has also been a frequent broadcaster for BBC television and radio.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"John Blake","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50499314909458,"sku":"9781789466690","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_59de6950-1e1f-4c19-b825-11549fc5fb5b.jpg?v=1730742086","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/military-intelligence-blunders-9781789466690","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}