THE ANATOMY OF ERROR; Ancient Military Disasters and Their Lessons for Modern Strategists

Strauss, Barry S. & Josiah Ober

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Lingua: inglese

Editore: St. Martin's Press, 1990

0312050518 / 9780312050511

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Dustjacket has very minor shelfwear else Fine.; Two more books of military history written for general audiences. Strauss and Ober discuss strategic failure in the classical world in terms of defeated generals and political leaders from Xerxes of Persia to Julian the Apostate. These losers share a common incapacity to consider and overcome unexamined assumptions about themselves and their enemies, say the authors. But the authors go on to defend good decision-making in relentlessly Clausewitzian terms that overlook the essential differences between the state systems of 19th-century Europe and the ancient Mediterranean. Such presentmindedness is unlikely to liberate the study of ancient history from its specialist ghetto. Karl proposes to describe situations from Thermopylae to Dien Bien Phu in which "an elite unit of soldiers stands to the last men with little hope of victory. " His definition of "elite" is extremely broad. The mixed bag of Germans and other Europeans that defended Berlin in 1945 hardly qualifies as an elite in the sense of the Theban Sacred Band. Moreover, instead of concentrating on the composition, motivation, and behavior of these doomed units, Karl writes generalized campaign history, with the last stand itself sometimes dismissed in a few paragraphs. The Anatomy of Error is flawed by a restrictive analytic structure; Glorious Defiance fails to progress beyond descriptive narrative. Neither can be recommended except as supplements for large collections.; 8.5 x 1 x 5.75 Inches; 272 pages.

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Titolo
THE ANATOMY OF ERROR; Ancient Military Disasters and Their Lessons for Modern Strategists
Autore
Strauss, Barry S. & Josiah Ober
Editore
St. Martin's Press
Anno di pubblicazione
1990
Condizione
Fine
Sovraccoperta
Near Fine
Rilegatura
Hardcover
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
0312050518
ISBN 13
9780312050511
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Classical Studies, Greek History, Roman History

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