linden Posted 18 December , 2007 Share Posted 18 December , 2007 I read this a long time ago and I think it did cover some WW1 campaigns . Anyone looking for a good read ... I remember finding it fascinating and I think the title is wonderful ! Linden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Maier Posted 19 December , 2007 Share Posted 19 December , 2007 There is a discussion here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted 19 December , 2007 Share Posted 19 December , 2007 I would certainly recommend it for an interesting read. With the warning that psychology/psychiatry are not exact sciences and that some of the wierdest people I`ve met have been psy.....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Dunlop Posted 19 December , 2007 Share Posted 19 December , 2007 It is VERY badly dated from a psychological perspective, and there are lots of factual errors in the WW1 parts. Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky53 Posted 19 December , 2007 Share Posted 19 December , 2007 I read it years ago Basically Officers are promoted untill they get to a rank in which they cannot cope - then they are promoted no more. So many Officers are doing a job they can't do Jane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyndham Posted 19 December , 2007 Share Posted 19 December , 2007 Jane, I thought that the promotion of someone capably carrying out his present job to a higher grade and then not being able to cope was know as the "Peter Principle"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky53 Posted 19 December , 2007 Share Posted 19 December , 2007 Indeed it is. It was back in the 70s or 80s I read the book, but that was the impression that remained with me since. There is an interesting web page here:- http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:19D2_...t=clnk&cd=1 It has to be Google Cache as the original seems to have gone. Jane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Hederer Posted 20 December , 2007 Share Posted 20 December , 2007 I read it years ago Basically Officers are promoted untill they get to a rank in which they cannot cope - then they are promoted no more. So many Officers are doing a job they can't do Jane Jane, Not always! I know of a few officers who continued to get promoted even when it was clear they couldn't perform!! Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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