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Record Nr.

UNINA9910794218703321

Autore

Ullman Harlan

Titolo

Anatomy of failure : why America loses every war it starts / / Harlan K. Ullman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Annapolis, Maryland : , : Naval Institute Press, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

1-68247-226-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Disciplina

355.033573

Soggetti

National security - United States - Decision making

United States Military policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"In Anatomy of Failure, Harlan Ullman asserts that presidents and administrations have consistently failed to use sound strategic thinking and lacked sufficient understanding of the circumstances prior to deciding whether or not to employ force. He analyses the records of presidents from John F. Kennedy to Barack Obama and Donald Trump in using force or starting wars. His recommended solutions begin with a "brains-based" approach to sound strategic thinking to address one of the major causes of failure--the inexperience of too many of the nation's commanders-in-chief. Ullman reinforces his argument through the use of autobiographical vignettes that in some cases making public previously unknown history."--Provided by publisher.