Intelligence and surprise attack failure and success from pearl harbor to 9 11 and beyond erik j dahl on amazoncom free shipping on qualifying offers how can the united states avoid a future surprise attack on the scale of 9 11 or pearl harbor in an era when such devastating attacks can come not only from nation states. Failure and success from pearl harbor to 9 11 and beyond intelligence and surprise attack examines why surprise attacks often succeed even though in most cases warnings had been available beforehand erik j dahl challenges the conventional wisdom about intelligence failure which holds that attacks succeed because important warnings . Intelligence and surprise attack failure and success from pearl harbor to 9 11 and beyond erik j dahl challenges the conventional wisdom about intelligence failure which holds that attacks succeed because important warnings get lost amid noise or because intelligence officials lack the imagination and collaboration to connect the dots . Intelligence and surprise attack failure and successes from pearl harbor to 9 11 and beyond erik j dahl georgetown university press 2013 277 pp endnotes bibliography index. Intelligence and surprise attack failure and success from pearl harbor to 9 11 and beyond erik j dahl georgetown university press jul 19 2013 political science 288 pages