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Author Ullman, Harlan, author

Title Anatomy of failure : why America loses every war it starts / Harlan K. Ullman
Published Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2017]

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Summary "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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject National security -- United States -- Decision making
Presidents -- United States -- History -- Case studies
Militarism -- United States -- Case studies
Defeat (Psychology) -- Case studies
Strategy.
Defeat (Psychology)
Militarism
Military policy
National security -- Decision making
Presidents
Strategy
SUBJECT United States -- Military policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140379
United States -- History, Military -- Case studies
Subject United States
Genre/Form Case studies
History
Military history
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017050192
ISBN 9781682472262
1682472264
9781682472262
9781682472262
Other Titles Why America loses every war it starts