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FROM THE JAWS OF VICTORY: A HISTORY OF THE CHARACTER, CAUSES & CONSEQUENCES OF MILITARY STUPIDITY FROM CRASSUS TO JOHNSON
by Charles Fair (Author)
A collection of incidents where the incompetent and politically motivated believe their own delusions of grandeur and develop intricate plans, delay, procrastinate and then overreact leading to pointless campaigns and subsequent defeat. Much of the time not realizing that they have brought the results upon themselves due to their over-inflated egos and perceived self importance.
(Why does that sound familiar??)
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"There are more instances of the abridgment of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations"
James Madison
Last edited by Ret10Echo; 12-08-2009 at 17:51.
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