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On Psychology of Military Incompetence (Paperback)

by Norman Dixon (Author)
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This text surveys 100 years of military inefficiency from the Crimean War, through the Boer conflict, to the disastrous 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 indentifies an alarming pattern in the causes of military disaster. Previous titles by the author include "Subliminal Perception: The Nature of a Controversy", "Preconscious Processing" and "Our Own Worst Enemy".

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5.0 out of 5 stars Not only for Military Types, April 11 2000
By Faisal A. Qureshi (Manchester, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Psy Miltry Incompetnc (Hardcover)
I first heard of this book in the Oxford Companion of the Mind. I managed to find a copy and was impressed with the work that Dixon had done on the subject.

Dixon analyses various military campaigns and provides his conclusion to why these ventures failed. various different reasons are cited in each case but there are certain common factors that Dixon isolates. From the Crimea to the blood baths at Somme and Arnhem. Dixon asks how competent officers and soldiers be let down by an inflexible militery guidelines of the period.

For example, Dixon is critical of the class selection of military 'leaders'. "Natural leaders may well have made good captains of a first XV," writes Dixon, "But being good at rugger in no way ensures the best quality of military leadership... Napoleon, Nelson, Wolfe for instance-were men of brain and character, not of huge bodies with dazzling records in the field of sport".

Dixon explains his findings in a clear and lucid manner that is understandable to anyone with a basic knowledge of psychology. The best recomendation I could have for Dixon's book is that his findings do not apply to military campaigns alone. I would reccomend this book to anyone who has ever worked on a film set. Frankly, I would shove this book to any future wannabe producer/director. it could save people a lot of hassle if they applied most of Dixon's findings.

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