factors that may lead the intelligence failures to occur. Through discovering various materials‚ I find out that the failures are commonly caused by a combination of internal and external errors. Before discussing some reasons for the error‚ we need to understand the nature of intelligence work. The work is an outcome of team effort‚ as it consist a series of human endeavours‚ therefore it cannot be completely accurate. In fact‚ the intelligence failure could cause an intelligence agency or government
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The Easter Offensive By 1972‚ President Nixon had been in office for four years‚ dealing with the inherited quagmire that was Vietnam. With both sides tiring of the seemingly endless cycle of successes and setbacks‚ the North Vietnamese military decided to mount an invasion into South Vietnam commencing on Good Friday of that year. This was done in order to better their position at the Paris Peace accords‚ which would be closing soon‚ by gaining control of more land and crippling Nixon’s political
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Explain why the Tet Offensive could be considered a turning point / changed US policy (12 marks) Although the Tet Offensive 1968 was a military disaster for the Vietcong who suffered casualties‚ it had caused major changes within US policy. The North continued attacking the south which meant changing US military and political policies was inevitable. Therefore the Tet Offensive is considered to be a pivotal turning point in the whole Vietnam War as it demonstrated US limits to power. Westmoreland
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Why did the Hundred Days Offensive successfully break through the German defenses? The reasons lie in the planning process and the operation process of the German Spring Offensive. Why did the German Spring Offensive of 1918 fail? This question would present the background to the Hundred Days Offensive and the signing of armistice by Germany. This question is often overlooked. Many historical books specifically discuss the Hundred Days Offensive and not the Spring Offensive. Since this is a broad
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To what extent has the importance of the Tet Offensive of 1968 been overrated? On January 30th 1968 over 80‚000 Vietcong soldiers launched a surprise attack on over 100 towns and cities in South Vietnam. This is known as the Tet Offensive. The US army and South Vietnamese Army (ARVN) launched a counter-attack which regained all lost territory and crippled the military capabilities of the Vietcong. Some historians argue Tet was not as important as it appears to be. However‚ it is widely considered
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Contemporary Intelligence Defeating Terrorism Is Not Possible With Intelligence Failures Abstract Gathering intelligence involves people and needs lots of control and‚ as such‚ there is always the possibility of failure. This paper explores all possible reasons as to why Intelligence fails and how such failures may fail to defeat terrorism. It also explains how these intelligence failures may be prevented
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The Tet Offensive was one of the strategies that the Viet cong used which occurred in January‚ 1968. The Tet Offensive was a strategies in South Vietnam that weakened not only South Vietnamese soldiers but also U.S. troops. Minh’s goals for the Tet Offensive was to have “a successful attack on major cities might force the United States to negotiate or perhaps even withdraw” (history
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Intelligence Failure at Pearl Harbor Tuesday‚ 27 November 2012 Mathew MacDonald 997612178 Prof. Wesley Wark Modern Espionage HIS343 * Throughout time‚ many published works have criticized the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7‚ 1941‚ with many scholars attributing the attack to a failure of the United States of America’s military intelligence. Initially‚ this conclusion seems reasonable seeing as it is highly improbable that the United States military‚ one of the most advanced
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Wolmer’s Trust High School for Girls CAPE COMPUTER SCIENCE Grade 11 Teacher: Mrs. McCallum-Rodney Operating System Function – PROCESS MANAGEMENT Introduction to Process Management • A process does nothing unless its instructions are executed by the CPU. • A process can be thought of as a program in execution. • A process needs certain resources‚ including CPU time‚ memory‚ files and I/O devices‚ to accomplish its tasks. These resources are either given to the process
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Vietnam is a country in the Eastern Hemisphere that was influenced by China for many years. Therefore‚ the Chinese New Year and Tet‚ the Vietnamese New Year have many similarities. Tet is the abbreviation of Tet Nguyen Dan which means the first morning of the first day of the new period. Tet marks the beginning of a new year on the lunar calendar‚ and the beginning of Spring. Vietnamese are constantly aware of the phases of the moon. All events are planned by the lunar calendar. The New Year begins
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