Blinders, Blunders, and Wars: What America and China Can Lea

by: David C. Gompert (Author),Hans Binnendijk National Defense Universi(Author),Bonny Lin(Author)&0more

Publisher: RAND Corporation

Publication Date: 2014/12/15

Language: English

Print Length: 328 pages

ISBN-10: 0833087770

ISBN-13: 9780833087775

Book Description

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 tued out well, and then applies those lessons to the current Sino-American case.

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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 tued out well, and then applies those lessons to the current Sino-American case.