Military Misfortunes: The Anatomy of Failure in War
"When I was a brand-new lieutenant, I asked my father, “How would I know if somebody that I worked for or worked for me was going to be a good commander in combat? ... How would you tell in peacetime?” He says, “You won’t. You won’t know because people have capabilities or coping mechanisms that in peacetime look fine, that doesn’t play well in war... See more
Brain Food: Tentative Uncertainty
Leavenworth’s “applicatory method” drew heavily upon military history to analyze the quandaries faced by an army’s high command and to devise solutions under rapidly changing conditions. Students learned, through map exercises, to plan and control the movement of troops from afar.
Steven Rabalais • General Fox Conner: Pershing's Chief of Operations and Eisenhower's Mentor (The Generals Book 3)
When a person holding formal authority is presumed to be the leader, there are enormous pressures to finesse failure and rarely, if ever, to admit to making a mistake. Since he or she is expected to maintain or restore equilibrium within the social group, acknowledging failure may appear to threaten that equilibrium by undermining trust and credibi
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In reality, reason has had a greater influence than fortune on the issue of wars that have most influenced history. Creative thought has often counted for more than courage; for more, even, than gifted leadership. It is a romantic habit to ascribe to a flash of inspiration in battle what more truly has been due to seeds long sown—to the previous de
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