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On The Psychology Of Military Incompetence (Paperback, New Ed)

M. Dixon, Norman F. Dixon

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A writer on war who misdates the Dardanelles expedition by a year cannot be wholly competent; yet Dixon has a serious point to argue. He maintains, in a book that appeared in 1976 and at once became a minor classic, that authoritarian generals are likely to be indecisive and incompetent commanders, and illustrates his point from a mass of examples of ineptitude, most of them British. (Kirkus UK)

This unique and penetrating book surveys 100 years of military inefficiency from the Crimean War, through the Boer conflict, to the disasterous campaigns of the First World War and the calamities of the Second. It examines the social psychology of military organizations, provides case studies of individual commanders and identifies an alarming pattern in the causes of military disaster. 'An absorbing, perceptive and often very funny study in human frailty.... stimulating and almost invariably provocative.' Lord Chalfont, LISTENER

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Imprint:	Pimlico
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	1994
Authors:	M. Dixon • Norman F. Dixon
Dimensions:	216 x 137 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	447
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7126-5889-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Occupational & industrial psychology Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Defence strategy, planning & research > General Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7126-5889-0
Barcode:	9780712658898