%0 PDF %T U.S. Failures in the Pearl Harbor Attack: Lessons for Intelligence %A Kobayashi, Masahiko %8 2007-10-03 %I Tufts Archival Research Center %R http://localhost/files/nz806b10r %X Submitted in partial fulfillment of the degree Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Abstract: In this thesis, I will examine the reasons why the United States failed to prevent the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, and will extract lessons from the failure. There were some problems of collection, analysis, and management in the U.S. intelligence. Each defect is not uniquely attributed to the U.S. intelligence per se but is inherent to a cognitive and behavioral limit of human beings. The lessons of Pearl Harbor are not omnipotent tools to prevent a surprise attack, yet they will make a significant contribution to breaking the constraint and will mitigate casualties by enemy attacks. This thesis recommends that intelligence officers should learn the historical lessons at heart to deal with a future contingency. %G eng %[ 2022-10-14 %9 text %~ Tufts Digital Library %W Institution