Simon Bennett is interested in the organisational, social, economic and political origins of risk. He has worked with the National Police Air Service and the Royal Air Force. His books include Atomic Blackmail? The Weaponisation of Nuclear Facilities During the Russia-Ukraine War (2023) and Corruption and the Management of Public Safety (2024).

• List of figures - List of tables - Preface - Acknowledgments - Introduction - CHAPTER 1 Theory, methodology and structure - CHAPTER 2 First lesson: Naivety is a consequential latent error - CHAPTER 3 Second lesson: Strategic empathy delivers security - CHAPTER 4 Third lesson: Wars are won as much on the shop floor as on the battlefield - CHAPTER 5 Fourth lesson: In total war, homeland resilience matters - CHAPTER 6 Fifth lesson: Decoupling from global supply chains enhances security - CHAPTER 7 Sixth lesson: Covert operations lift morale when victories are scarce - CHAPTER 8 Seventh lesson: Remodelling a defence industrial base and military in wartime is challenging - CHAPTER 9 Eighth lesson: Safeguarding allies - CHAPTER 10 Ninth lesson: In warfare, technophilia is a consequential latent error - Conclusions - Postscript - Appendices - Bibliography - Index

Simon Bennett is interested in the organisational, social, economic and political origins of risk. He has worked with the National Police Air Service and the Royal Air Force. His books include Atomic Blackmail? The Weaponisation of Nuclear Facilities During the Russia-Ukraine War (2023) and Corruption and the Management of Public Safety (2024).

• List of figures - List of tables - Preface - Acknowledgments - Introduction - CHAPTER 1 Theory, methodology and structure - CHAPTER 2 First lesson: Naivety is a consequential latent error - CHAPTER 3 Second lesson: Strategic empathy delivers security - CHAPTER 4 Third lesson: Wars are won as much on the shop floor as on the battlefield - CHAPTER 5 Fourth lesson: In total war, homeland resilience matters - CHAPTER 6 Fifth lesson: Decoupling from global supply chains enhances security - CHAPTER 7 Sixth lesson: Covert operations lift morale when victories are scarce - CHAPTER 8 Seventh lesson: Remodelling a defence industrial base and military in wartime is challenging - CHAPTER 9 Eighth lesson: Safeguarding allies - CHAPTER 10 Ninth lesson: In warfare, technophilia is a consequential latent error - Conclusions - Postscript - Appendices - Bibliography - Index

Simon Bennett is interested in the organisational, social, economic and political origins of risk. He has worked with the National Police Air Service and the Royal Air Force. His books include Atomic Blackmail? The Weaponisation of Nuclear Facilities During the Russia-Ukraine War (2023) and Corruption and the Management of Public Safety (2024).

• List of figures - List of tables - Preface - Acknowledgments - Introduction - CHAPTER 1 Theory, methodology and structure - CHAPTER 2 First lesson: Naivety is a consequential latent error - CHAPTER 3 Second lesson: Strategic empathy delivers security - CHAPTER 4 Third lesson: Wars are won as much on the shop floor as on the battlefield - CHAPTER 5 Fourth lesson: In total war, homeland resilience matters - CHAPTER 6 Fifth lesson: Decoupling from global supply chains enhances security - CHAPTER 7 Sixth lesson: Covert operations lift morale when victories are scarce - CHAPTER 8 Seventh lesson: Remodelling a defence industrial base and military in wartime is challenging - CHAPTER 9 Eighth lesson: Safeguarding allies - CHAPTER 10 Ninth lesson: In warfare, technophilia is a consequential latent error - Conclusions - Postscript - Appendices - Bibliography - Index