Operational Failures Caused By Arrogant Leaders
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Operational Failures Caused By Arrogant Leaders - Colonel James R. Parrington USMC
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OPERATIONAL FAILURES CAUSED BY ARROGANT LEADERS
By
James R. Parrington Colonel, USMC
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Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS 4
Abstract 5
Operational Failures Caused by Arrogant Leaders 6
REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 17
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 18
Abstract
The Japanese defeat at Midway and the U.S. occupational failure in Iraq resulted from operational blindness on the part of arrogant strategic leaders. The failures of the Japanese and U.S. militaries directly resulted from the professional arrogance exhibited by Admiral Yamamoto and Secretary Rumsfeld as they deliberately limited the scope of their strategic thinking to how their own forces would be employed, exclusive of the combat potential available