Anatomy of failure
Sign in to keep track of books you’ve read and want to read.
"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.
Liked Anatomy of failure? Here’s where I’d start.
These suit anyone who liked Anatomy of failure. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.
-
Managing National Security Policy Shares military policy, USA, presidents -
Presidents at war Shares military policy, USA, presidents -
Presidents and Their Generals: An American History of Command in War Shares military policy, USA, presidents -
Military Decision-Making Processes: Case Studies Involving the Preparation, Commitment, Application and Withdrawal of Force Shares military policy, national security, USA
