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On the Psychology of Military Incompetence
M Dixon
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Description for On the Psychology of Military Incompetence
Paperback. Surveys 100 years of military inefficiency from the Crimean War, through the Boer conflict, to the campaigns of the First World War and the calamities of the Second. This book examines the social psychology of military organizations, offers case studies of individual commanders and identifies an alarming pattern in the causes of military disaster. Num Pages: 448 pages, diagrams. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; JMJ; JWK; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 33. Weight in Grams: 480.
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.
Absorbing and original, this is the definitive history of military failures.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Pimlico
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780712658898
SKU
9780712658898
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99-2
About M Dixon
Dr Norman F. Dixon, M.B.E., Fellow of the British Psychological Society, was Professor Emeritus of Psychology at University College London. After ten years' commission in the Royal Engineers, during which time he was wounded ('largely through my own incompetence'), Professor Dixon left the Army in 1950 and entered university where he obtained a first-class degree in Psychology. He received ... Read more
Reviews for On the Psychology of Military Incompetence
Shocking and provocative
New Society
An absorbing, perceptive and often very funny study in human frailty... Stimulating and almost invariably provocative
Lord Chalfont
Listener
An original, scientifically impressive and fascinating book... This is a minor classic
Tablet
It should be compulsory reading wherever future officers are selected or trained, and deserves a very ... Read more
New Society
An absorbing, perceptive and often very funny study in human frailty... Stimulating and almost invariably provocative
Lord Chalfont
Listener
An original, scientifically impressive and fascinating book... This is a minor classic
Tablet
It should be compulsory reading wherever future officers are selected or trained, and deserves a very ... Read more