History’s Great Military Blunders and the Lessons They Teach
Professor Gregory S Aldrete
Professor Gregory S Aldrete
This book explores the causes of disastrous military failures and delivers examples of different campaigns from Ancient Greece to World War 2 in 24 lectures.
Written and presented by Gregory S. Aldrete, Professor Emeritus of history and humanistic studies at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay, each lecture is told in an interesting and informative manner, with great storytelling and detailed insights into the events that happened.
From listening to each lecture, you’ll be able to distill the common themes that caused the blunders, and you’ll find these are applicable to our present day decision making in the workplace.
The last lecture neatly summarises the critical causes;
- failures in planning,
- failures of leadership,
- failures of communication,
- failures of execution, and
- failures of adaption.
It also defines the term “blunder” and reminds us that these are things that can be avoided, especially if lessons from the past are taken into account and applied to the present situation.
Highly recommended if you’re interested in understanding how failings of human behaviour irrevocably affect outcomes and how these can be avoided in our daily lives.
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