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Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[1976]
Language
English
Description
A classic study of military leadership uncovering why generals fail.
The Crimea, the Boer War, the Somme, Tobruk, Pearl Harbor, the Bay of Pigs: these are just some of the milestones in a century of military incompetence, of costly mishaps and tragic blunders. Are these simple accidents-as the "bloody fool" theory has it-or are they inevitable?
The psychologist Norman F. Dixon argues that there is a pattern to inept generalship, and he locates this...
Author
Series
Publisher
A. Mondadori
Pub. Date
1975.
Language
English
Description
"Ai limiti del deserto, immersa in una sorta di stregata immobilità, sorge la Fortezza Bastiani, ultimo avamposto dell'Impero affacciato sulla frontiera con il grande Nord. È lì che il tenente Drogo consuma la propria esistenza nella vana attesa del nemico invasore. Che arriverà, ma troppo tardi per lui. Pubblicato nel 1940, "Il deserto dei Tartari" è "il libro della vita" di Dino Buzzati: nell'esistenza sospesa di Giovanni Drogo, infatti, i...
Author
Language
English
Description
World War I stands as one of history's most senseless spasms of carnage, defying rational explanation. In his riveting narrative, Hochschild brings it to life as never before while focusing on the long-ignored moral drama of the war's critics, alongside its generals and heroes.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
"A masterful achievement...[Carroll's] prose is elegant, his viewpoint bold." -Howard Zinn, author of The People's History of the United States
"One cannot understand the impact of the Pentagon on US foreign policy. . . without reading James Carroll's House of War." -Lawrence Korb, former Undersecretary of Defence under Ronald Reagan
From the National Book Award–winning author of An American Requiem and Constantine's Sword comes a sweeping yet...
Author
Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Journalist Scheer examines the expansion of the United States' military presence throughout the world, our insane nuclear strategy, the immorality of corporations profiting in Iraq, and the arrogance of our foreign policy. Although Scheer is a liberal, his view echoes that of former Republican president Eisenhower, who, in his farewell speech to the American people, spoke prophetically about need to guard against the growing influence of the military-industrial...
