Norman F. Dixon (1922–2013)
Author of On the Psychology of Military Incompetence
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Norman F Dixon is not the same person as the Norman Dixon who compiled the Puffin quiz books, and they should not be combined. The Norman F. Dixon included here should remain.
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- Canonical name
- Dixon, Norman F.
- Legal name
- Dixon, Norman Frank
- Birthdate
- 1922
- Date of death
- 2013
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Occupations
- psychologist
professor - Organizations
- University College London
British Army (Corps of Royal Engineers|lieutenant) - Awards and honors
- MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire)
- Disambiguation notice
- Norman F Dixon is not the same person as the Norman Dixon who compiled the Puffin quiz books, and they should not be combined. The Norman F. Dixon included here should remain.
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On the Psychology of Military Incompetence by Norman Dixon
Fascinating brief analyses of the personalities who were responsible for the worst military disasters in history. Just a little bit dated, in the Freudian part (1976 edition in paperback).
This text surveys 100 years of military inefficiency from the Crimean War, through the Boer conflict, to the disastrous campaigns of the First World War and the calamities of the Second. It examines the social psychology of military organizations, provides case studies of individual commanders and indentifies an alarming pattern in the causes of military disaster.
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