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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherRand Corporation, T.H.E.
ISBN-100833087770
ISBN-139780833087775
eBay Product ID (ePID)205642765
Product Key Features
Book TitleBlinders, Blunders, and Wars : What America and China Can Learn
Number of Pages328 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary / Strategy, Military / General, Military / United States, Asia / China, United States / General
Publication Year2014
GenreHistory
AuthorDavid C. Gompert, Hans Binnendijk, Bonny Lin
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length10 in
Item Width7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2014-036605
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal355.02/75
SynopsisBlinders, Blunders, and Wars analyzes eight historical examples of strategic blunders regarding war and peace and four examples of decisions that turned out well, and then applies those lessons to the current Sino-American case., The history of wars caused by misjudgments, from Napoleon's invasion of Russia to America's invasion of Iraq, reveals that leaders relied on cognitive models that were seriously at odds with objective reality. Blinders, Blunders, and Wars analyzes eight historical examples of strategic blunders regarding war and peace and four examples of decisions that turned out well, and then applies those lessons to the current Sino-American case.