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🤦 Military Incompetence

Scathing examinations of leadership failures, bureaucratic stupidity, and institutional arrogance that send soldiers to needless suffering and defeat.
On the Psychology of Military Incompetence
by Norman F. Dixon • 1976
Why do generals from Crimea to Vietnam repeat the same mistakes? Authoritarianism.
3.95
814
🎓 Military Psychology💭 Cognitive Biases🏛️ Organizational Failure
On the Psychology of Military Incompetence Summary
On the Psychology of Military Incompetence 91%
Why do generals from Crimea to Vietnam repeat the same mistakes? Authoritarianism.
by Norman F. Dixon 1976
3.95
814 ratings
🎓 Military Psychology💭 Cognitive Biases🏛️ Organizational Failure
Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters
by Jared Knott • 2020
History turns on unopened letters, wrong turns, and badly designed ballots, not grand strategy.
4.01
2k+
📖 Narrative History⚠️ Cautionary History🔗 Unintended Consequences
Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters Summary
Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters 88%
History turns on unopened letters, wrong turns, and badly designed ballots, not grand strategy.
by Jared Knott 2020
4.01
2k+ ratings
📖 Narrative History⚠️ Cautionary History🔗 Unintended Consequences
The Last Stand
by Nathaniel Philbrick • 2010
Custer chased glory; Sitting Bull saw it coming. The collision and the myth it made.
4.05
12k+
🪖 Military History🏞️ American Frontier🏹 Native American History
The Last Stand Summary
The Last Stand 87%
Custer chased glory; Sitting Bull saw it coming. The collision and the myth it made.
by Nathaniel Philbrick 2010
4.05
12k+ ratings
🪖 Military History🏞️ American Frontier🏹 Native American History
The March of Folly
by Barbara W. Tuchman • 1984
From Troy to Vietnam, power makes governments ignore the warnings right in front of them.
4.03
7k+
📜 Political History⚔️ Military History🤦 Political Folly
The March of Folly Summary
The March of Folly 87%
From Troy to Vietnam, power makes governments ignore the warnings right in front of them.
by Barbara W. Tuchman 1984
4.03
7k+ ratings
📜 Political History⚔️ Military History🤦 Political Folly
Cobra II
by Michael R. Gordon • 2006
How the Pentagon fight over troop numbers toppled Saddam quickly and then lost the peace.
3.97
2k+
🏜️ Iraq War🛡️ Defense Policy🌐 Us Foreign Policy
Cobra II Summary
Cobra II 87%
How the Pentagon fight over troop numbers toppled Saddam quickly and then lost the peace.
by Michael R. Gordon 2006
3.97
2k+ ratings
🏜️ Iraq War🛡️ Defense Policy🌐 Us Foreign Policy
The Habit of Excellence
by Langley Sharp • 2021
How the British Army builds trust and character under fire, and why it translates anywhere.
4.12
114
🎖️ Military Leadership🤲 Servant Leadership🔄 Decentralized Command
The Habit of Excellence Summary
The Habit of Excellence 87%
How the British Army builds trust and character under fire, and why it translates anywhere.
by Langley Sharp 2021
4.12
114 ratings
🎖️ Military Leadership🤲 Servant Leadership🔄 Decentralized Command
Red Team
by Micah Zenko • 2015
Your blind spots are invisible to you. The fix: a team paid to think like the enemy.
3.74
560
🛡️ Red Teaming🎲 War Gaming🗣️ Institutional Dissent
Red Team Summary
Red Team 87%
Your blind spots are invisible to you. The fix: a team paid to think like the enemy.
by Micah Zenko 2015
3.74
560 ratings
🛡️ Red Teaming🎲 War Gaming🗣️ Institutional Dissent
Hero of the Imperium
by Sandy Mitchell • 2007
Every time Commissar Cain saves his own skin, the Imperium gives him a medal.
4.44
4k+
🎭 Unreliable Narrator😰 Reluctant Hero💀 Grimdark Comedy
Hero of the Imperium Summary
Hero of the Imperium 87%
Every time Commissar Cain saves his own skin, the Imperium gives him a medal.
by Sandy Mitchell 2007
4.44
4k+ ratings
🎭 Unreliable Narrator😰 Reluctant Hero💀 Grimdark Comedy
Napoleon on Project Management
by Jerry Manas • 2006
Napoleon's battle tested rules for leading projects: speed, simplicity, and knowing when to quit.
3.66
93
🧱 Project Management🎖️ Military Leadership📜 Lessons From History
Napoleon on Project Management Summary
Napoleon on Project Management 87%
Napoleon's battle tested rules for leading projects: speed, simplicity, and knowing when to quit.
by Jerry Manas 2006
3.66
93 ratings
🧱 Project Management🎖️ Military Leadership📜 Lessons From History
Risk
by Stanley McChrystal • 2021
In 1983, one man's doubt stopped a nuclear war. The lesson for your organization's risk systems.
3.64
799
📊 Risk Management🧠 Decision Biases🔄 Systems Thinking
Risk Summary
Risk 87%
In 1983, one man's doubt stopped a nuclear war. The lesson for your organization's risk systems.
by Stanley McChrystal 2021
3.64
799 ratings
📊 Risk Management🧠 Decision Biases🔄 Systems Thinking
It Doesn't Take a Hero
by H. Norman Schwarzkopf • 1992
He never claimed to be a hero. His command of Desert Storm proved the point.
4.10
3k+
🫡 Military Leadership📖 Modern Military Memoir🇻🇳 Vietnam War Reflections
It Doesn't Take a Hero Summary
It Doesn't Take a Hero 87%
He never claimed to be a hero. His command of Desert Storm proved the point.
by H. Norman Schwarzkopf 1992
4.10
3k+ ratings
🫡 Military Leadership📖 Modern Military Memoir🇻🇳 Vietnam War Reflections
50 Battles That Changed the World
by William Weir • 2001
From Marathon to Stalingrad, fifty clashes that decided who rules and what we believe.
3.65
288
⚔️ Decisive Battles🌍 World History🎯 Military Strategy
50 Battles That Changed the World Summary
50 Battles That Changed the World 86%
From Marathon to Stalingrad, fifty clashes that decided who rules and what we believe.
by William Weir 2001
3.65
288 ratings
⚔️ Decisive Battles🌍 World History🎯 Military Strategy
Adolf Hitler
by Spike Milligan • 1971
Before the Nazis, his real enemy was British Army bureaucracy, and his weapon was a trumpet.
4.04
9k+
🪖 Wwii Memoirs🇬🇧 British Comedy😂 Military Humor
Adolf Hitler Summary
Adolf Hitler 86%
Before the Nazis, his real enemy was British Army bureaucracy, and his weapon was a trumpet.
by Spike Milligan 1971
4.04
9k+ ratings
🪖 Wwii Memoirs🇬🇧 British Comedy😂 Military Humor
Flashman
by George MacDonald Fraser • 1969
A bully turned officer blunders through imperial wars, and every cowardly act earns him a medal.
4.05
16k+
📝 Fictional Memoir🪖 Military Satire😨 Cowardly Protagonist
Flashman Summary
Flashman 86%
A bully turned officer blunders through imperial wars, and every cowardly act earns him a medal.
by George MacDonald Fraser 1969
4.05
16k+ ratings
📝 Fictional Memoir🪖 Military Satire😨 Cowardly Protagonist
Attack and Die
by Grady McWhiney • 1982
Honor culture demanded attack. Rifles made attack fatal. The Confederacy bled to death.
3.56
157
⚔️ Military History🇺🇸 American Civil War📜 Military Doctrine
Attack and Die Summary
Attack and Die 86%
Honor culture demanded attack. Rifles made attack fatal. The Confederacy bled to death.
by Grady McWhiney 1982
3.56
157 ratings
⚔️ Military History🇺🇸 American Civil War📜 Military Doctrine
Call Sign Chaos
by Jim Mattis • 2019
Lead from the squad to the strategy table: a doctrine forged in combat and wide reading.
4.29
14k+
🎖️ Military Leadership📖 Leadership Memoirs📚 History And Strategy
Call Sign Chaos Summary
Call Sign Chaos 86%
Lead from the squad to the strategy table: a doctrine forged in combat and wide reading.
by Jim Mattis 2019
4.29
14k+ ratings
🎖️ Military Leadership📖 Leadership Memoirs📚 History And Strategy
Fiasco
by Thomas E. Ricks • 2006
A year planning the invasion, zero for the peace: how ideology and hubris lost Iraq.
4.09
8k+
🇮🇶 Iraq War🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🪖 Counterinsurgency
Fiasco Summary
Fiasco 86%
A year planning the invasion, zero for the peace: how ideology and hubris lost Iraq.
by Thomas E. Ricks 2006
4.09
8k+ ratings
🇮🇶 Iraq War🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🪖 Counterinsurgency
Age of Danger
by Andrew R. Hoehn • 2023
Built for 1947, retooled for terrorism: America's defense system is blind to the threats now coming.
3.81
70
🛡️ Us Defense Policy🌍 Great Power Competition🐢 Bureaucratic Inertia
Age of Danger Summary
Age of Danger 86%
Built for 1947, retooled for terrorism: America's defense system is blind to the threats now coming.
by Andrew R. Hoehn 2023
3.81
70 ratings
🛡️ Us Defense Policy🌍 Great Power Competition🐢 Bureaucratic Inertia
The First World War
by John Keegan • 1999
A war launched by timetables, not intentions, that killed ten million before anyone could halt it.
4.05
16k+
🌍 World War I⚔️ Military History🕳️ Trench Warfare
The First World War Summary
The First World War 86%
A war launched by timetables, not intentions, that killed ten million before anyone could halt it.
by John Keegan 1999
4.05
16k+ ratings
🌍 World War I⚔️ Military History🕳️ Trench Warfare
The Gun
by C.J. Chivers • 2010
Designed by a Soviet committee to crush uprisings, the AK-47 armed global terror.
3.95
3k+
🪖 Military History☢️ Cold War History🔧 Military Technology
The Gun Summary
The Gun 86%
Designed by a Soviet committee to crush uprisings, the AK-47 armed global terror.
by C.J. Chivers 2010
3.95
3k+ ratings
🪖 Military History☢️ Cold War History🔧 Military Technology
Radical Inclusion
by Martin E. Dempsey • 2018
Lead when facts don't matter and your best intel comes from the janitor.
3.96
570
🎖️ Military Leadership🏢 Organizational Behavior🌐 Digital Misinformation
Radical Inclusion Summary
Radical Inclusion 86%
Lead when facts don't matter and your best intel comes from the janitor.
by Martin E. Dempsey 2018
3.96
570 ratings
🎖️ Military Leadership🏢 Organizational Behavior🌐 Digital Misinformation
The War for Ukraine
by Mick Ryan • 2024
Russia punishes failure. Ukraine learns from it. In a war of adaptation, culture beats mass.
3.91
94
🎯 Modern Warfare🗺️ Military Strategy🔄 Wartime Adaptation
The War for Ukraine Summary
The War for Ukraine 86%
Russia punishes failure. Ukraine learns from it. In a war of adaptation, culture beats mass.
by Mick Ryan 2024
3.91
94 ratings
🎯 Modern Warfare🗺️ Military Strategy🔄 Wartime Adaptation
The Accidental Admiral
by James G. Stavridis • 2014
What a Navy admiral learned commanding NATO through Afghanistan, Libya, and a balky Russia.
4.00
248
📖 Military Memoir🎖️ Military Leadership🤝 Alliance Politics
The Accidental Admiral Summary
The Accidental Admiral 86%
What a Navy admiral learned commanding NATO through Afghanistan, Libya, and a balky Russia.
by James G. Stavridis 2014
4.00
248 ratings
📖 Military Memoir🎖️ Military Leadership🤝 Alliance Politics
To Risk It All
by James G. Stavridis • 2022
Nine naval crises and the decision code each reveals for leading when the stakes are catastrophic.
3.98
684
⚓ Naval Leadership📜 Naval History🚨 Crisis Decision Making
To Risk It All Summary
To Risk It All 86%
Nine naval crises and the decision code each reveals for leading when the stakes are catastrophic.
by James G. Stavridis 2022
3.98
684 ratings
⚓ Naval Leadership📜 Naval History🚨 Crisis Decision Making
The New Rules of War
by Sean McFate • 2019
An ex-mercenary on why the West keeps losing: the game changed, and nobody noticed.
3.96
2k+
🎖️ Military Strategy⚔️ Modern Warfare⚖️ Asymmetric Warfare
The New Rules of War Summary
The New Rules of War 86%
An ex-mercenary on why the West keeps losing: the game changed, and nobody noticed.
by Sean McFate 2019
3.96
2k+ ratings
🎖️ Military Strategy⚔️ Modern Warfare⚖️ Asymmetric Warfare
Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age
by Peter Paret • 1943
From mercenary captains to nuclear strategists: the ideas and forces that rewrote war.
4.03
2k+
🎯 Military Strategy📚 Strategic Studies⚔️ History Of Warfare
Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age Summary
Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age 86%
From mercenary captains to nuclear strategists: the ideas and forces that rewrote war.
by Peter Paret 1943
4.03
2k+ ratings
🎯 Military Strategy📚 Strategic Studies⚔️ History Of Warfare
Drift
by Rachel Maddow • 2012
No grand conspiracy drove America to endless war. A series of small, reversible decisions did.
4.07
21k+
🏭 Military-Industrial Complex🏛️ Executive Overreach🎖️ Civilian-Military Divide
Drift Summary
Drift 86%
No grand conspiracy drove America to endless war. A series of small, reversible decisions did.
by Rachel Maddow 2012
4.07
21k+ ratings
🏭 Military-Industrial Complex🏛️ Executive Overreach🎖️ Civilian-Military Divide
Extreme Ownership
by Jocko Willink • 2015
A SEAL commander's method for turning blame into trust, bosses into allies, and chaos into clarity.
4.25
102k+
🎖️ Military Leadership🎯 Radical Accountability🔓 Organizational Autonomy
Extreme Ownership Summary
Extreme Ownership 86%
A SEAL commander's method for turning blame into trust, bosses into allies, and chaos into clarity.
by Jocko Willink 2015
4.25
102k+ ratings
🎖️ Military Leadership🎯 Radical Accountability🔓 Organizational Autonomy
The Men Who Stare at Goats by Jon Ronson, Simon & Schuster
by Jon Ronson • 2004
From psychic spies and goat-staring to Barney torture and Abu Ghraib: the same program, just darker.
3.64
21k+
🎯 Unconventional Warfare🕵️ Military Intelligence🎤 Gonzo Journalism
The Men Who Stare at Goats by Jon Ronson, Simon & Schuster Summary
The Men Who Stare at Goats by Jon Ronson, Simon & Schuster 86%
From psychic spies and goat-staring to Barney torture and Abu Ghraib: the same program, just darker.
by Jon Ronson 2004
3.64
21k+ ratings
🎯 Unconventional Warfare🕵️ Military Intelligence🎤 Gonzo Journalism
Rommel
by Charles Messenger • 2009
What a general's victories teach about leadership, and his cyanide death about complicity.
3.41
170
🧑‍✈️ Military Leadership🏛️ World War Ii History💪 Adversity Leadership
Rommel Summary
Rommel 86%
What a general's victories teach about leadership, and his cyanide death about complicity.
by Charles Messenger 2009
3.41
170 ratings
🧑‍✈️ Military Leadership🏛️ World War Ii History💪 Adversity Leadership
Clausewitz on Strategy
by Tiha von Ghyczy • 2001
Your real competition is the fog, friction, and chaos Clausewitz mapped two centuries ago.
4.05
109
🪖 Military Strategy🏢 Corporate Strategy⚔️ Clausewitzian Strategy
Clausewitz on Strategy Summary
Clausewitz on Strategy 86%
Your real competition is the fog, friction, and chaos Clausewitz mapped two centuries ago.
by Tiha von Ghyczy 2001
4.05
109 ratings
🪖 Military Strategy🏢 Corporate Strategy⚔️ Clausewitzian Strategy
The Art of War
by Niccolò Machiavelli • 1521
A republic that hires soldiers is already dead. The cure: citizen farmers trained like Romans.
4.05
9k+
🧠 Military Strategy⚔️ Ancient Warfare🎭 Psychological Warfare
The Art of War Summary
The Art of War 86%
A republic that hires soldiers is already dead. The cure: citizen farmers trained like Romans.
by Niccolò Machiavelli 1521
4.05
9k+ ratings
🧠 Military Strategy⚔️ Ancient Warfare🎭 Psychological Warfare
Counterinsurgency Warfare
by David Galula • 1964
The guerrilla blends into the population. This book showed armies how to separate the two.
4.02
1k+
⚔️ Counterinsurgency✊ Revolutionary Warfare🌿 Guerrilla Warfare
Counterinsurgency Warfare Summary
Counterinsurgency Warfare 86%
The guerrilla blends into the population. This book showed armies how to separate the two.
by David Galula 1964
4.02
1k+ ratings
⚔️ Counterinsurgency✊ Revolutionary Warfare🌿 Guerrilla Warfare
1812
by Walter R. Borneman • 2004
A burned capital, failed invasions, a victory after peace: the disaster that united a country.
3.91
2k+
🎖️ War Of 1812🏛️ Early American Republic🇺🇸 American Military History
1812 Summary
1812 86%
A burned capital, failed invasions, a victory after peace: the disaster that united a country.
by Walter R. Borneman 2004
3.91
2k+ ratings
🎖️ War Of 1812🏛️ Early American Republic🇺🇸 American Military History
The Melting Point
by Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. • 2024
The general who killed Soleimani tells the inside story of America's Middle East wars.
4.30
175
🎖️ Military Command🎯 Counterterrorism Operations🏛️ Civil-Military Relations
The Melting Point Summary
The Melting Point 86%
The general who killed Soleimani tells the inside story of America's Middle East wars.
by Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. 2024
4.30
175 ratings
🎖️ Military Command🎯 Counterterrorism Operations🏛️ Civil-Military Relations
Legacy of Ashes
by Tim Weiner • 2007
Born to inform presidents, the CIA chose covert action instead, and its failures are fatal.
3.96
16k+
🕵️ Intelligence Agencies🕶️ Covert Operations🚨 Institutional Failure
Legacy of Ashes Summary
Legacy of Ashes 86%
Born to inform presidents, the CIA chose covert action instead, and its failures are fatal.
by Tim Weiner 2007
3.96
16k+ ratings
🕵️ Intelligence Agencies🕶️ Covert Operations🚨 Institutional Failure
The Way of the Warrior
by James F. Dunnigan • 1997
Great generals mastered logistics, talent, and PR. Their playbook works in business.
3.84
19
🪖 Military Leadership♟️ Strategic Management📜 Historical Case Studies
The Way of the Warrior Summary
The Way of the Warrior 86%
Great generals mastered logistics, talent, and PR. Their playbook works in business.
by James F. Dunnigan 1997
3.84
19 ratings
🪖 Military Leadership♟️ Strategic Management📜 Historical Case Studies
The Custom of the Army
by Diana Gabaldon • 2010
A London scandal forces a British officer to Canada to witness a court-martial built on secrets.
4.03
11k+
⚖️ Military Justice👑 Georgian England⚔️ Duel Of Honor
The Custom of the Army Summary
The Custom of the Army 86%
A London scandal forces a British officer to Canada to witness a court-martial built on secrets.
by Diana Gabaldon 2010
4.03
11k+ ratings
⚖️ Military Justice👑 Georgian England⚔️ Duel Of Honor
Black Hawk Down
by Mark Bowden • 1999
Two helicopters shot down in Mogadishu turned an hour-long mission into an 18-hour street battle.
4.31
69k+
🏙️ Urban Warfare🪖 Special Operations📰 War Journalism
Black Hawk Down Summary
Black Hawk Down 86%
Two helicopters shot down in Mogadishu turned an hour-long mission into an 18-hour street battle.
by Mark Bowden 1999
4.31
69k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Warfare🪖 Special Operations📰 War Journalism
Boyd
by Robert Coram • 2002
The F-16 and the Gulf War were born from a fighter pilot's study of thermodynamics.
4.19
8k+
✈️ Fighter Aviation⚔️ Military Strategy🔄 Maneuver Warfare
Boyd Summary
Boyd 86%
The F-16 and the Gulf War were born from a fighter pilot's study of thermodynamics.
by Robert Coram 2002
4.19
8k+ ratings
✈️ Fighter Aviation⚔️ Military Strategy🔄 Maneuver Warfare
The Afghanistan Papers
by Craig Whitlock • 2021
Washington’s own postmortem: the war was unwinnable, and they hid the truth for twenty years.
4.25
7k+
🇦🇫 Afghanistan War⚔️ War On Terror📜 Government Secrecy
The Afghanistan Papers Summary
The Afghanistan Papers 86%
Washington’s own postmortem: the war was unwinnable, and they hid the truth for twenty years.
by Craig Whitlock 2021
4.25
7k+ ratings
🇦🇫 Afghanistan War⚔️ War On Terror📜 Government Secrecy
Operation Hollywood
by David L. Robb • 2004
The military lent Hollywood its jets and ships, then demanded veto power over the script.
3.46
72
🚫 Military Censorship📢 Propaganda Studies🏛️ Pentagon Influence
Operation Hollywood Summary
Operation Hollywood 86%
The military lent Hollywood its jets and ships, then demanded veto power over the script.
by David L. Robb 2004
3.46
72 ratings
🚫 Military Censorship📢 Propaganda Studies🏛️ Pentagon Influence
On Desperate Ground
by Hampton Sides • 2018
Surrounded by eight divisions in brutal cold, the Marines didn't retreat: they attacked to the sea.
4.59
8k+
⚔️ Korean War History❄️ Winter Warfare💥 Command Failures
On Desperate Ground Summary
On Desperate Ground 86%
Surrounded by eight divisions in brutal cold, the Marines didn't retreat: they attacked to the sea.
by Hampton Sides 2018
4.59
8k+ ratings
⚔️ Korean War History❄️ Winter Warfare💥 Command Failures
Hunting the Caliphate
by Wes J. Bryant • 2019
A kill chain run from a Baghdad room, strapped by politics: hunting ISIS from the inside.
4.03
165
🎖️ Military Memoir✈️ Air Warfare🎯 Counterinsurgency
Hunting the Caliphate Summary
Hunting the Caliphate 86%
A kill chain run from a Baghdad room, strapped by politics: hunting ISIS from the inside.
by Wes J. Bryant 2019
4.03
165 ratings
🎖️ Military Memoir✈️ Air Warfare🎯 Counterinsurgency
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller • 1961
A bombardier in wartime Italy discovers the finish line moves every time he gets close.
3.99
891k+
🎭 Absurdist War Fiction🪖 Military Satire📋 Bureaucratic Nightmare
Catch-22 Summary
Catch-22 86%
A bombardier in wartime Italy discovers the finish line moves every time he gets close.
by Joseph Heller 1961
3.99
891k+ ratings
🎭 Absurdist War Fiction🪖 Military Satire📋 Bureaucratic Nightmare
The Bomber Mafia
by Malcolm Gladwell • 2021
They believed a bombsight could make war humane. The jet stream laughed, and Tokyo burned.
4.02
65k+
🎯 Strategic Bombing✈️ Air Warfare⚙️ Technological Hubris
The Bomber Mafia Summary
The Bomber Mafia 86%
They believed a bombsight could make war humane. The jet stream laughed, and Tokyo burned.
by Malcolm Gladwell 2021
4.02
65k+ ratings
🎯 Strategic Bombing✈️ Air Warfare⚙️ Technological Hubris
Tide of War
by David R Petriello • 2018
Rain sank a fleet, mud trapped knights, fog saved an army. Weather is warfare's quietest general.
3.39
23
🌦️ Weather And Warfare🌫️ Battlefield Conditions📊 Historical Climatology
Tide of War Summary
Tide of War 86%
Rain sank a fleet, mud trapped knights, fog saved an army. Weather is warfare's quietest general.
by David R Petriello 2018
3.39
23 ratings
🌦️ Weather And Warfare🌫️ Battlefield Conditions📊 Historical Climatology
The Imagineers of War
by Sharon Weinberger • 2017
DARPA gave us the Internet and lost Vietnam. The same faith in technology drove both.
3.69
565
🛰️ Cold War Science🔬 Defense Research🏛️ Institutional History
The Imagineers of War Summary
The Imagineers of War 86%
DARPA gave us the Internet and lost Vietnam. The same faith in technology drove both.
by Sharon Weinberger 2017
3.69
565 ratings
🛰️ Cold War Science🔬 Defense Research🏛️ Institutional History
The Hell of Good Intentions
by Stephen M. Walt • 2018
After the Cold War, America tried to lead the world. It overreached, failed, and learned nothing.
4.01
735
🗺️ Grand Strategy🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy⚔️ Military Overreach
The Hell of Good Intentions Summary
The Hell of Good Intentions 86%
After the Cold War, America tried to lead the world. It overreached, failed, and learned nothing.
by Stephen M. Walt 2018
4.01
735 ratings
🗺️ Grand Strategy🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy⚔️ Military Overreach
Weapons Free
by Daniel Gibbs • 2021
When unknown warships strike, an aging carrier crew must hold the line or lose humanity's homeworld.
4.14
1k+
✈️ Military Space Opera🚀 Naval Combat In Space🎖️ Reluctant Hero
Weapons Free Summary
Weapons Free 86%
When unknown warships strike, an aging carrier crew must hold the line or lose humanity's homeworld.
by Daniel Gibbs 2021
4.14
1k+ ratings
✈️ Military Space Opera🚀 Naval Combat In Space🎖️ Reluctant Hero
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