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History's great military blunders and the lessons they teach / Gregory S. Aldrete.
"Overconfidence, communication breakdowns, misjudgement of the opponent, poor planning, misinformation, stubborness, misuse of technology, arrogance, incompetence, failure to adjust to change, and just plain bad luck - all too often, such factors have played a central role in determining the outcome of military conflicts. Although it might seem odd to focus a course on the theme of failure, it is only by understanding why plans or strategies have gone wrong in the past that we can gain knowledge of how to potentially avoid such mistakes today. This investigation becomes especially urgent in the arena of warfare. There is no field of human endeavor in which the stakes are higher or the long-term consequences greater than war. Errors committed on the battlefield are paid in the most precious commodity of all: human lives. The premise of this course is to examine some of the most notable military blunders in history to ascertain what we can learn from these instances of spectacular failure"--Course scope
Record details
- ISBN: 9781629972091
- ISBN: 1629972096
- Physical Description: 12 audio discs (approximately 12 hr.) ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (v, 176 pages : illustrated; 19 cm)
- Publisher: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Company, [2015]
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Compact discs and book.Ttile from disc label.Course No. 3761.24 lectures. 30 minutes per lecture.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Disc 1: 1. Petersburg: Union digs its own grave,1864 -- 2. Syracuse: Athens's second front, 413 B.C. -- disc 2: 3. Carrhae: The Parthian shot, 53 B.C. -- 4. Red Cliffs: Cao Cao's bad day, 208 A.D. -- disc 3: 5. Barbarian Gate: Adrianople, 378, Pliska-811 -- 6. Fourth Crusade: Byzantium betrayed, 1204 -- disc 4: 7. Kalka River: Genghis Khan's general, 1223 -- 8. Courtrai: knights versus shopkeepers, 1302 -- disc 5: 9. Nagashino: taking swords to a gunfight, 1575 -- 10. Cartagena: high walls, short ladders, 1741 -- disc 6: 11. Culloden: the Bonnie Prince Blunders, 1746 -- 12. Russia: Napoleon retreats in the snow, 1812 -- disc 7: 13. Afghanistan: Khyber Pass death trap, 1842 -- 14. Crimea: Charge of the Light Brigade, 1854 -- disc 8: 15. Greasy Grass: Custer's last stand, 1876 -- 16. Isandlwana: 25,000 Zulus undetected, 1879 -- disc 9: 17. Adwa: Italy's fiasco in Ethiopia, 1896 -- 18. Colenso: The second Boer War, 1899 -- disc 10: 19. Tannenberg: ineptitude in the East, 1914 -- 20. Gallipoli: Churchill dooms Allied assault, 1915 -- disc 11: 21. World War II: Royal Navy goes down, 1941-42 -- 22. Dieppe Raid: catastrophe on the beach, 1942 -- disc 12: 23. Operation Market Garden" a bridge too far, 1944 -- 24. The great blunder: four paths to failure.
- Participant or Performer Note:
- Lectures by Professor Gregory S. Aldrete of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lummi Library | U 27 .A43 2015 | 680053 | Stacks | Available | - |
| Lummi Library | U 27 .A43 2015 Vol. 1 | 680054 | Audio Shelf | Available | - |
| Lummi Library | U 27 .A43 2015 Vol. 2 | 680055 | Audio Shelf | Available | - |