The book that gives an insider’s view of some of the great intelligence blunders of recent history. Including Stalin’s Operation Barbarossa, Hitler being misled by his own intelligence staff, the bungling that enabled an attack on Pearl Harbor, lack of preparation for the Viet Cong’s offensive 1968, Arab Israeli war 1973, Falkland Islands, Gulf War 1991…New material to include: The US failure to run warning system before 9/11; the War on Terrorism; the Islamic Terrorist threat; mis-use of intelligence by UK government in War with Iraq; intelligence problems of Middle East; challenges of 21st century.