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Command Failure in War: Psychology and Leadership

Robert A Pois

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Description:Why do military commanders, most of them usually quite capable, fail at crucial moments of their careers? Robert Pois and Philip Langerone a historian, the other an educational psychologiststudy seven cases of military command failures, from Frederick the Great at Kunersdorf to Hitlers 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. McClellans Peninsular Campaign, Robert E. Lee and Picketts 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Command Failure in War: Psychology and Leadership. To get started finding Command Failure in War: Psychology and Leadership, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 282

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Release: 2014

ISBN: 1282071734

Description: Why do military commanders, most of them usually quite capable, fail at crucial moments of their careers? Robert Pois and Philip Langerone a historian, the other an educational psychologiststudy seven cases of military command failures, from Frederick the Great at Kunersdorf to Hitlers 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. McClellans Peninsular Campaign, Robert E. Lee and Picketts 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Command Failure in War: Psychology and Leadership. To get started finding Command Failure in War: Psychology and Leadership, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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