Surprise attack: the victim's perspective

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Ephraim Kam observes surprise attack through the eyes of its victim in order to understand the causes of the victim's failure to anticipate the coming of war. Emphasing the psychological aspect of warfare, Kam traces the behavior of the victim at various functional levels and from several points of view in order to examine the difficulties and mistakes that permit a nation to be taken by surprise. He argues that anticipation and prediction of a coming war are more complicated than any other iss…

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Full title :Surprise attack : the victim's perspective / Ephraim Kam.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2004.
Edition:1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Harvard University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, Mass
Language:eng
Publication Date:2004.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xxvi, 266 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780674039292, 0674039297, 9780674013544, 0674013549, 0674493958, 9780674493957
DOI:10.4159/9780674039292
oclc:ocn450899153
LC Classification:U163
Dewey Decimal:355.4/3

Subjects

Art et science militaires Attaque préventive (science militaire) Histoire militaire -- 20e siècle HISTORY -- Military international relations Military art and science Military history, Modern Military history, Modern -- 20th century Military operations Military science Preemptive attack (Military science) Relations internationales Surprise (Military science) Surprise (Science militaire)