How do people decide which country came out ahead in a war or a crisis? Why, for instance, was the Mayaguez Incident in May 1975--where 41 U.S. soldiers were killed and dozens more wounded in a botched hostage rescue mission--perceived as a triumph and the 1992-94 U.S. humanitarian intervention in Somalia, which saved thousands of lives, viewed as a disaster? In Failing to Win, Dominic Johnson and Dominic Tierney dissect the psychological factors that predispose leaders, media, and the public to perceive outcomes as victories or defeats--often creating wide gaps...
How do people decide which country came out ahead in a war or a crisis? Why, for instance, was the Mayaguez Incident in May 1975--where 41 U.S. so...
What was the relationship between President Franklin D. Roosevelt, architect of America s rise to global power, and the 1936 39 Spanish Civil War, which inspired passion and sacrifice, and shaped the road to world war? While many historians have portrayed the Spanish Civil War as one of Roosevelt s most isolationist episodes, Dominic Tierney argues that it marked the president s first attempt to challenge fascist aggression in Europe. Drawing on newly discovered archival documents, Tierney describes the evolution of Roosevelt s thinking about the Spanish Civil War in relation to America s...
What was the relationship between President Franklin D. Roosevelt, architect of America s rise to global power, and the 1936 39 Spanish Civil War, whi...
What was the relationship between President Franklin D. Roosevelt, architect of America s rise to global power, and the 1936 39 Spanish Civil War, which inspired passion and sacrifice, and shaped the road to world war? While many historians have portrayed the Spanish Civil War as one of Roosevelt s most isolationist episodes, Dominic Tierney argues that it marked the president s first attempt to challenge fascist aggression in Europe. Drawing on newly discovered archival documents, Tierney describes the evolution of Roosevelt s thinking about the Spanish Civil War in relation to America s...
What was the relationship between President Franklin D. Roosevelt, architect of America s rise to global power, and the 1936 39 Spanish Civil War, whi...
Tierney, the author of "Failing to Win," takes readers on a lively tour through history and and the present day to to show how Americans respond to and think about war.
Tierney, the author of "Failing to Win," takes readers on a lively tour through history and and the present day to to show how Americans respond to an...
Americans love war. We ve never run from a fight. Our triumphs from the American Revolution to World War II define who we are as a nation and a people. Americans hate war. Our leaders rush us into conflicts without knowing the facts or understanding the consequences. Korea, Vietnam, and now Iraq and Afghanistan define who we are as a nation and a people.
How We Fight explores the extraordinary double-mindedness with which Americans approach war and articulates the opposing perspectives that have governed our responses throughout history: the crusade tradition, or our love of...
Americans love war. We ve never run from a fight. Our triumphs from the American Revolution to World War II define who we are as a nation and a peo...
