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Military misfortunes, the anatomy of failure in war, Eliot A. Cohen, John Gooch

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Military misfortunes, the anatomy of failure in war, Eliot A. Cohen, John Gooch

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-289)

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illustrations

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Military misfortunes

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electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Responsibility statement

Eliot A. Cohen, John Gooch

Sub title

the anatomy of failure in war

Summary

Examines the three types of misfortune--failure to learn, to anticipate, and to adapt--and shows their implication in a variety of defeats in the twentieth century

Table Of Contents

Why misfortune? -- Analyzing failure -- Failure to learn : American antisubmarine warfare in 1942 -- Failure to anticipate : Israel Defense Forces on the Suez Front and the Golan Heights, 1973 -- Failure to adapt : the British at Gallipoli, August 1915 -- Aggregate failure : the defeat of the Aerican Eighth Army in Korea, November-December 1950 -- Catastophic failure : The Freanch Army and Air Force, May-June 1940 -- What can be done?

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