Surprise Attack: Lessons for Defense Planning

by Richard K. Betts

Book Overview

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Long before Germany's blitzkrieg swept the West, European leaders had received many signals of its imminence. Stalin, too, had abundant warning of German designs on Russia but believed that by avoiding ""provocative"" defensive measures he could avert the attack that finally came in June 1941. And the stories of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Korean War, and three Arab-Israeli conflicts are replete with missed opportunities to react...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815709293
• ISBN13: 9780815709299
• Release Date: September 1982
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"