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On the psychology of military incompetence / Dr. Norman F. Dixon.

Author/creator Dixon, Norman F. author.
Other author/creatorWawro, Geoffrey, writer of foreword.
Format Book and Print
Edition[With new foreword].
Publication Info New York : Basic Books, 2016.
Descriptionxxxvi, 496 pages ; 22 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Generalship -- The Crimean War -- The Boer War -- Indian Interlude -- The First World War -- Cambrai -- The Siege of Kut -- Between the Wars -- The Second World War -- Singapore -- Arnhem -- Is There a Case to Answer? -- The Intellectual Ability of Senior Military Commanders -- Military Organizations -- 'Bullshit' -- Socialization and the Anal Character -- Character and Honour -- Anti-Effeminacy -- Leaders of Men -- Military Achievement -- Authoritarianism -- Mothers of Incompetence -- Education and the Cult of Muscular Christianity -- Individual Differences -- Extremes of Authoritarianism -- The Worst and the Best -- Exceptions to the Rule? -- Retreat.
General noteForeword by Geoffrey Wawro.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 469-482) and index.
Original versionReprint. London : Jonathan Cape ; New York : Basic Books, 1976.
ISBN0465097804
ISBN9780465097807

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