Command failure in war

"Why do military commanders, most of them usually quite capable, fail at crucial moments of their careers? Robert Pois and Philip Langer - one a historian, the other an educational psychologist - study seven cases of military command failures, from Frederick the Great at Kunersdorf to Hitler's invasion of Russia. While Pois and Langer recognized the value of psychological theorizing, they do not believe that one method can cover all the individuals, battles, or campaigns under examination. Instead, they judiciously apply a number of psychohistorical approaches in hope of shedding light on the…