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现代战争领导力:从二战到反ISIS战争

English | June 30th, 2023 | ISBN: 139906729X | 248 pages | True EPUB | 26.12 MB

How would you react under fire? Fight or flight? What if you were in charge of a squad of men, with their lives in your hands? The next decision you make could be fatal for you and your comrades or could be devastating to your enemy. The wrong decision could haunt you for the rest of your career and beyond. The decisions taken by commanders in the field are analyzed in a detached manner by historians. But what, for example, was the thought process of a reconnaissance tank officer operating far ahead of any supporting troops in the Second World War, or a machine-gunner trying to differentiate friend from foe in the Gulf War? How might a British infantry officer in the Iraq War deal with the situations he faced in combat, or a platoon commander in the War Against ISIS, where the enemy had no fear of dying and even embraced it? How do you come to terms with the consequences of your decisions, the right ones as well as the tragically wrong ones? James Brooks presents defining moments such as these to put you in the shoes of the decision-maker. You can decide when to cross a bridge in Taliban territory, whether to land a helicopter under fire to rescue Marines in danger, and how to lead a command center targeting ISIS through air strikes. These decisions, compared with what the veterans did themselves, teach more about humanity than they do about the tactics of war and serve as lessons for the decisions we face in everyday life. In a career that traced the rise and fall of ISIS from 2014 to 2021, James served in the US Marine Corps as a scout sniper platoon commander, intelligence officer, and counter-propaganda mission lead. After two deployments to the Middle East and a year-and-a-half fighting ISIS propaganda online, James returned to his hometown to teach a subject called “Perspectives in Modern War” to high school seniors. Building from the stories of his own service, as well as those of the men and women he fought alongside, in Leadership in Modern War James captures these lessons and explores just what it is like to be on the front line facing your foe. Warfare has changed in the twenty-first century, but the enduring lessons of conflict remain the same. It is brutal and unforgiving – but it is also character-defining.


面对危机你会如何反应?是战斗还是逃跑?如果你是一位队伍的指挥官,他们的生命就掌握在你的手中了呢?你下一次做出的决定可能就是致命的,它既关系到你和你的战友,也会影响敌人。错误的决策可能会成为你职业生涯乃至一生的阴影。战场指挥官所做的决策被历史学家们以一种旁观的态度进行分析。但比如说,在二战期间,一个远在任何支援部队前方执行侦察任务的坦克军官会如何思考?或者在海湾战争中,一名试图分辨友军和敌人的机枪手呢?英国伊拉克战争中的步兵军官是如何处理他在战斗中遇到的情况的?还是说,在与伊斯兰国的战争中担任排长的指挥官,面对一个毫无惧意甚至拥抱死亡的敌人又会如何应对?你又是如何看待自己决策的影响,无论是正确的还是悲剧性的?詹姆斯·布鲁克斯(James Brooks)通过呈现这些关键时刻来让你站在决策者的立场上。你可以决定在塔利班领土上是否跨越一条桥,是否在战火中降落直升机去营救身处险境的海军陆战队成员,以及如何领导指挥中心对伊斯兰国进行空袭。与老兵们所做出的选择相比,这些决策教给我们的更多是人类的特性而不是战争战术,它们也适用于我们在日常生活中面临的抉择。詹姆斯曾在2014年至2021年期间为研究ISIS的兴衰而服役,在美国海军陆战队担任侦察狙击步兵排长、情报官和反宣传任务领导人等职务。他回国后向高中学生教授了一门名为“现代战争视角”的课程,以他的个人经历以及与之并肩作战的人们的故事为基础。在《现代战争领导力》中,詹姆斯捕捉这些教训,并深入探讨身处前线面对敌人的感觉究竟是怎样的。尽管21世纪的战争已经发生变化,但冲突中的永恒教训依旧不变。它是残酷且无情的——但它也是塑造个性的关键所在。
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