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On this episode of Newt's world, today we're not just facing one enemy,

we're facing the greatest range of global threats from any time in our history.

But how can we learn from surprise attacks from the past to perceive the threats of the future?

There are very few issues more important in designing our national security than getting a real

understanding of the world as it exists and finding out how we can get ahead of the curve so that

we in fact are prepared when a threat occurs. To discuss this I have two really interesting guests.

Steve Tumey, the author of Countdown to Pearl Harbor, the 12 days to the attack,

and Eric Gull, author of Intelligence and Surprise Attack, failure and success from Pearl Harbor

to 9-11 and beyond.

The idea of writing a book called Countdown to Pearl Harbor, the 12 days to the attack,

is really helpful because you go really into a lot of detail. What led you to decide to write

this? I think it's a very important contribution. Now I simply took a vacation to Honolulu and

with the family went out to the Arizona Memorial and I don't think anyone who goes to that memorial

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