On The Psychology Of Military Incompetence

Jan 15, 2025 8:14 PM

Author:Norman F Dixon,M Dixon

This unique and penetrating book surveys 100 years of military inefficiency from the Crimean War, through the Boer conflict, to the disasterous campaigns of the First World War and the calamities of the Second. It examines the social psychology of military organizations, provides case studies of individual commanders and identifies an alarming pattern in the causes of military disaster.

Absorbing and original, this is the definitive history of military failures.

Reviews

Shocking and provocative

—— New Society

An absorbing, perceptive and often very funny study in human frailty... Stimulating and almost invariably provocative

—— Lord Chalfont , Listener

An original, scientifically impressive and fascinating book... This is a minor classic

—— Tablet

It should be compulsory reading wherever future officers are selected or trained, and deserves a very wide readership among psychologists and laymen

—— John Nicholson , New Society

Classic book

—— New York Times

Original and stimulating...refreshingly objective and impartial

—— Sir Richard Clutterbuck , History

A motivational book to help you deal with change in your life

—— Guardian

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