Command failure in war: psychology and leadership/
POIS Robert
Command failure in war: psychology and leadership/ Robert Pois and Philip Langer - Bloomington Indiana, USA: Indiana Univ Press, 2004 - xiv, 282 p.
Poses the question "why do military commanders, most of them usually quite capable, fail at crucial moments of their careers?" In attempting to answer this the book considers eight different historical examples and looks at the psychological explanations influencing the outcomes in each. The cases include Frederick the Great at Kunersdorf in 1759, Napoleon in Russia in 1812, three episodes from the American Civil War, The British military in the First World War, British strategic bombing in the Second World War, and the German Army's defeat at Stalingrad. Notes, bibliography, index.
025334378X (hbk): 28.25USD
MILITARY LEADERSHIP
MILITARY HISTORY
PSYCHOLOGY
Command failure in war: psychology and leadership/ Robert Pois and Philip Langer - Bloomington Indiana, USA: Indiana Univ Press, 2004 - xiv, 282 p.
Poses the question "why do military commanders, most of them usually quite capable, fail at crucial moments of their careers?" In attempting to answer this the book considers eight different historical examples and looks at the psychological explanations influencing the outcomes in each. The cases include Frederick the Great at Kunersdorf in 1759, Napoleon in Russia in 1812, three episodes from the American Civil War, The British military in the First World War, British strategic bombing in the Second World War, and the German Army's defeat at Stalingrad. Notes, bibliography, index.
025334378X (hbk): 28.25USD
MILITARY LEADERSHIP
MILITARY HISTORY
PSYCHOLOGY