Psychology of Military Incompetence

Informationen zum Autor Dr Norman F. Dixon, M.B.E., Fellow of the British Psychological Society, was Professor Emeritus of Psychology at University College London. After ten years' commission in the Royal Engineers, during which time he was wounded ('largely through my own incompetence'), Professor Dixon left the Army in 1950 and entered university where he obtained a first-class degree in Psychology. He received the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy in 1956 and Doctor of Science in 1972, and in 1974 was awarded the University of London Carpenter Medal 'for work of exceptional distinction in Experimental Psychology'. He held an honorary doctorate from the University of Lund. His other books include: Preconscious Processing, Subliminal Perception: the nature of a controversy, which was described by Professor George Westby as 'one of the most substantial works of British psychology of recent years', and Our Own Worst Enemy, which New Society praised as 'an elegant play on man's chaotic nature...diverse and arresting'. Klappentext This unique and penetrating book surveys 100 years of military inefficiency from the Crimean War, through the Boer conflict, to the disasterous campaigns of the First World War and the calamities of the Second. Zusammenfassung This unique and penetrating book surveys 100 years of military inefficiency from the Crimean War, through the Boer conflict, to the disasterous campaigns of the First World War and the calamities of the Second.

Product details

• Authors: M Dixon, M. Dixon, Norman Dixon, Norman F Dixon, Norman F. Dixon
• Publisher: Pimlico
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.01.1994
• EAN: 9780712658898
• ISBN: 978-0-7126-5889-8
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 137 mm x 218 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; HISTORY / Military / General, 20th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, Defence strategy, planning & research, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Occupational and industrial psychology, Occupational & industrial psychology, Military and defence strategy