The striking thing about surprise attack is how frequently it succeeds--even in our own day, when improvements in communications and intelligence gathering should make it extremly difficult to sneak up on anyone. Ephraim Kam observes surprise attack through the eyes of its victim in order to understand the causes of the victim's failure to to anticipate the coming war.
Kam analyzes eleven major surprise attacks that have been launched since the outbreak of World War II (by no means the only ones that occured),...
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The striking thing about surprise attack is how frequently it succeeds--even in our o...
