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- catalog abstract ""When the worst terrorist atrocity in American history occurred on September 11, 2001, the intelligence agencies of the United States and most of the western world were taken by surprise. Ten years earlier, in 1991, those same organizations were surprised when the Soviet Empire collapsed. In both cases the intelligence establishment has invested enormous resources, compiled information, wrote detailed analytical papers and yet failed to provide an early warming of the impending Soviet collapse as well as the coming terrorist attack." "This book sets out to explain why western intelligence agencies failed to diagnose the Soviet Union's terminal condition, despite the many obvious symptoms, and worse, why they failed to convey what they did know to the political echelon."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "ʻIṿaron. English".
- catalog contributor b12835974.
- catalog contributor b12835975.
- catalog coverage "Soviet Union Politics and government 1985-1991.".
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""When the worst terrorist atrocity in American history occurred on September 11, 2001, the intelligence agencies of the United States and most of the western world were taken by surprise. Ten years earlier, in 1991, those same organizations were surprised when the Soviet Empire collapsed. In both cases the intelligence establishment has invested enormous resources, compiled information, wrote detailed analytical papers and yet failed to provide an early warming of the impending Soviet collapse as well as the coming terrorist attack." "This book sets out to explain why western intelligence agencies failed to diagnose the Soviet Union's terminal condition, despite the many obvious symptoms, and worse, why they failed to convey what they did know to the political echelon."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Surprise -- The Threat -- The Myth -- Conceptual Conformity -- The Great Surprise -- The Writing on the Wall -- Why the West Failed to See the Writing on the Wall -- Politics and Intelligence -- The Relevance of Strategic Intelligence -- Epilogue: From Strategic Blind Spot to Operational Blunder.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 338 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0714654019 (cloth)".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng heb".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; Portland, OR : Frank Cass,".
- catalog spatial "Europe, Western".
- catalog spatial "Soviet Union Politics and government 1985-1991.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "327.1273047/09/048 21".
- catalog subject "Intelligence service Europe, Western History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Intelligence service International cooperation.".
- catalog subject "Intelligence service United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "JK468.I6 A84913 2003".
- catalog tableOfContents "Surprise -- The Threat -- The Myth -- Conceptual Conformity -- The Great Surprise -- The Writing on the Wall -- Why the West Failed to See the Writing on the Wall -- Politics and Intelligence -- The Relevance of Strategic Intelligence -- Epilogue: From Strategic Blind Spot to Operational Blunder.".
- catalog title "Western intelligence and the collapse of the Soviet Union, 1980-1990 : ten years that did not shake the world / David Arbel and Ran Edelist.".
- catalog title "ʻIṿaron. English".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".