Pearl Harbor and the Cost of Strategic Surprise

Three books that examine strategic warning, leadership failure, and enduring intelligence lessons

MRR Note: This throwback Thursday, we focus on Pearl Harbor where eighty four years ago the U.S. was rocked by the attack which to this day is the benchmark descriptor for strategic surprise and was the prime catalyst to the formation of the U.S.’s national security apparatus. Our post from 2024 looks at Pearl Harbor and three books that peer into the story…..