Posted on Jan 24, 2022
A Close Look At History's Great Military Blunders | Politics By Other Means | Timeline
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Examining the strategic failures of politicians. Included: the defeat of the Crusaders at the battle of Hattin in 1187. Also: Fascist Italy led by Benitto Mussolini invades Ethiopian territory in 1935; and Ronald Reagan orders the invasion of Grenada in 1983.
We have long saluted military genius and bravery. But the other side of the coin is military incompetence – a largely preventable, tragically expensive, yet totally absorbing aspect of human behaviour.
From the Crusades to Vietnam, history is littered with examples of stupidity, obduracy, brutality and sheer breath-taking incompetence. Lack of communication, technological failure and a misplaced sense of superiority have led to the deaths of thousands of ordinary soldiers, let down by their masters and betrayed by arrogance. Using a combination of history, human interest and archive footage underpinned by powerful story-telling, Great Military Blunders charts man’s folly and cruelty in a series of stunning debacles, spanning almost a thousand years of conflict.
We have long saluted military genius and bravery. But the other side of the coin is military incompetence – a largely preventable, tragically expensive, yet totally absorbing aspect of human behaviour.
From the Crusades to Vietnam, history is littered with examples of stupidity, obduracy, brutality and sheer breath-taking incompetence. Lack of communication, technological failure and a misplaced sense of superiority have led to the deaths of thousands of ordinary soldiers, let down by their masters and betrayed by arrogance. Using a combination of history, human interest and archive footage underpinned by powerful story-telling, Great Military Blunders charts man’s folly and cruelty in a series of stunning debacles, spanning almost a thousand years of conflict.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Thanks for the "A Close Look at History's Great Military Blunders | Politics by Other Means | Timeline.
I wonder how many of today's Soldiers, that are refusing the vaccine, and exiting will look back on it as a self-determined blunder... since they did have a choice. My only question is why they didn't question any of the vaccines when they entered the military.
I wonder how many of today's Soldiers, that are refusing the vaccine, and exiting will look back on it as a self-determined blunder... since they did have a choice. My only question is why they didn't question any of the vaccines when they entered the military.
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