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Command Failure in War
2004
Overview
Why do military commanders, most of them usually quite capable, fail at
crucial moments of their careers? Robert Pois and Philip Langer -- one a historian,
the other an educational psychologist -- study seven cases of military command
failures, from Frederick the Great at Kunersdorf to Hitler's invasion of Russia.
While the authors recognize the value of psychological theorizing, they do not
believe that one method can cover all the individuals, battles, or campaigns under
examination. Instead, they judiciously take a number of psycho-historical approaches
in hope of shedding light on the behaviors of commanders during war. The other
battles and commanders studied here are Napoleon in Russia, George B. McClellan's
Peninsular Campaign, Robert E. Lee and Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg, John Bell
Hood at the Battle of Franklin, Douglas Haig and the British command during World
War I, Bomber Harris and the Strategic Bombing of Germany, and
Stalingrad.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Subject
ISBN
9780253343789, 025334378X
