REVIEW: Leap of Faith, by Michael J. Mazarr
Operation Eagle Claw 1980: The disastrous bid to end the Iran hostage crisis (Raid Book 52)
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In 1920, Fallujah had provided the spark in Iraq’s nationwide uprising against the British, with the initial fighting costing five hundred British lives and six thousand Iraqi ones, prompting Arabist T.E. Lawrence to later write: The people of England have been led in Mesopotamia into a trap…it will be hard to escape with dignity and honor. Things
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both cases, psychology proved critical. Napoleon’s delusion was to believe in military strategy and underestimate the role of morale; his generals failed to appreciate that Russian citizens battling for their lives on their home soil had far greater incentive to fight than did a poilu from Paris yearning for the Champs Elysées. The LTCM
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Comment s’étonner si les états-majors ont mal organisé leurs services de renseignements ? Ils appartenaient à des milieux où s’était progressivement anémié le goût de se renseigner ; où, pouvant feuilleter Mein Kampf, on doutait encore des vrais buts du nazisme, où, parant l’ignorance du beau mot de « réalisme », on semble en douter encore
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