Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory write by David W. Wragg. This book was released on 2000. Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. At many points in the 20th century, failures in command or political direction have resulted in military campaigns and operations failing to achieve their objectives. This text explores a selection of such instances including Pearl Harbor, the Bay of Pigs, the Falklands and Serbia in 1999.
Defeat from the Jaws of Victory
Defeat from the Jaws of Victory - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Defeat from the Jaws of Victory write by Richard Heffernan. This book was released on 1992. Defeat from the Jaws of Victory available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Using original research from archives, interviews with MPs and party officials, and first hand testimonies from grass roots activists, the authors go behind the scenes to name names, record the votes, and lay bare the machinations of those who led the Labour Party to electoral defeat in 1992.
On Language
On Language - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook On Language write by William Safire. This book was released on 1981. On Language available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Includes chapters on slang, jargon, and neologisms.
The Trilogy of Defeat from the Jaws of Victory
The Trilogy of Defeat from the Jaws of Victory - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Trilogy of Defeat from the Jaws of Victory write by Doug Mc Iver. This book was released on 1988. The Trilogy of Defeat from the Jaws of Victory available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Failing to Win
Failing to Win - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Failing to Win write by Dominic D. P. Johnson. This book was released on 2009-07-01. Failing to Win available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. How do people decide which country came out ahead in a war or a crisis? Why, for instance, was the Mayaguez Incident in May 1975--where 41 U.S. soldiers were killed and dozens more wounded in a botched hostage rescue mission--perceived as a triumph and the 1992-94 U.S. humanitarian intervention in Somalia, which saved thousands of lives, viewed as a disaster? In Failing to Win, Dominic Johnson and Dominic Tierney dissect the psychological factors that predispose leaders, media, and the public to perceive outcomes as victories or defeats--often creating wide gaps between perceptions and reality. To make their case, Johnson and Tierney employ two frameworks: "Scorekeeping," which focuses on actual material gains and losses; and "Match-fixing," where evaluations become skewed by mindsets, symbolic events, and media and elite spin. In case studies ranging from the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and the current War on Terror, the authors show that much of what we accept about international politics and world history is not what it seems--and why, in a time when citizens offer or withdraw support based on an imagined view of the outcome rather than the result on the ground, perceptions of success or failure can shape the results of wars, the fate of leaders, and the "lessons" we draw from history.
