Military Misfortunes: The Anatomy of Failure in War - Brossura

Cohen, Eliot A.

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ISBN 10: 0743280822 ISBN 13: 9780743280822

Casa editrice: Free Press, 2006

Riassunto

Examines the three types of misfortune--failure to learn, to anticipate, and to adapt--and shows their implications in terms of a variety of miltary defeats in the twentieth century. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

"The general reader will find this a fascinating and informative book; those responsible for their nations' security will find in it lessons they will ignore at their own peril."

-- Major General (Res.) Aharon Yariv, former director, Israeli Military Intelligence

"Cohen and Gooch have done their job well. They have mastered their sources, used considerable imagination...the book is well-written and sound in judgment."

-- Caspar Weinberger, The Wall Street Journal

L'autore:

Eliot Cohen is Professor and Director of Strategic Studies at Johns Hopkins University, a former Assistant Professor of Government at Harvard University and Visiting Associate Professor of Strategy at the U.S. Naval War College. He is the author of MILITARY MISFORTUNES (Random House).

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• Editore: Free Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0743280822
• ISBN 13: 9780743280822
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 320