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Decision Advantage - Intelligence in International Politics from the Spanish Armada to Cyberwar (Hardcover)
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Decision Advantage - Intelligence in International Politics from the Spanish Armada to Cyberwar (Hardcover)
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A history of winning intelligence practices from the Spanish Armada
to Cyberwar that offers timeless, practical lessons we ignore at
our peril. According to conventional wisdom, strategic surprise and
other intelligence failures are both inevitable and ultimately
irrelevant because, at least in international politics and war,
military muscle matters more than brains. In Decision Advantage,
Jennifer E. Sims counters this argument by investigating the
history of intelligence through centuries of international
conflict, including the 16th Century's Spanish Armada, two US Civil
War battles, the hunt for President Lincoln's assassin, and key
diplomatic crises before the two World Wars. Sims dives deep into
these events to show that the competitive pursuit of intelligence
advantage has been a measurable, buildable, and consequential form
of power that can help competitors win against otherwise stronger
opponents. From these observations, the author develops a general
guide to building intelligence readiness, whether for war,
diplomacy, or international manhunts. Refuting arguments that
intelligence is a sideshow because intentions are unknowable and
predictions risky, she redefines success as gaining information
advantages over an adversary, prescribes four practical pathways
for gaining them, and confirms what seems to be simple common
sense: smart competitors know how to learn, and the ones who learn
best tend to win. Thinking of intelligence in this way, Sims
argues, adds a moral character to an enterprise that is too often
mired in excessive secrecy and tyrannical agendas. By "lifting the
veil" on international politics, Decision Advantage shows how good
intelligence can lessen the likelihood of wars of misperception and
folly.
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