{"product_id":"inflicting-surprise-mark-f-cancian-9781538140277","title":"Inflicting Surprise: Gaining Competitve Advantage in Great Power Conflicts","description":"\u003cp\u003eGreat power competition has returned after a generation of absence, and the U.S. military edge over prospective opponents is eroding. Whereas the United States previously could overwhelm adversaries with sheer force, if necessary, it now needs every advantage it can get. This study analyzes how the United States might inflict surprise on its adversaries to gain a strategic advantage. Surprise is one aspect of a broader discussion in the national security literature on innovative operational concepts, which may serve as force multipliers to enable the United States to get more out of existing capabilities. A follow up to CSIS's highly successful 2018 study Coping with Surprise in Great Power Conflicts, this report highlights several components of a successful surprise, including exploiting adversary vulnerabilities, using intelligence and technology, employing secrecy and deception, and doing the unexpected. The report also contains over a dozen vignettes illustrating potential future surprises.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark F. Cancian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1538140276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781538140277\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Center for Strategic \u0026amp; International Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.27d","brand":"Mark F. Cancian","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43944444592383,"sku":"9781538140277","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_869244e4-a6b3-4f42-a998-564240879b43.jpg?v=1681503599","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/inflicting-surprise-mark-f-cancian-9781538140277","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}