{"product_id":"military-intelligence-blunders-and-cover-ups-new-revised-edition-9781841198712","title":"Military Intelligence Blunders and Cover-Ups: New Revised Edition","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a professional military-intelligence  officer's and a  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 recent war  with Iraq. 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. This  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 over  confidence, 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' the party-political line.","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771526414679,"sku":"9781841198712","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781841198712.jpg?v=1758728163","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/military-intelligence-blunders-and-cover-ups-new-revised-edition-9781841198712","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}