Adamant Aggressors: How to Recognize and Deal with Them

by Bruce D. Thatcher

Overview

Adamant Aggressors: How to Recognize and deal With Them is a practical guide to help scholars, political scientists, policy-makers and laymen understand and apply specific lessons that history has for the present time. It takes a business-case look at five adamant aggressors - Mehmed the Conqueror, James K. Polk, Adolph Hitler, Chaim Weizmann/David Ben-Gurion, Joseph Stalin - and what they teach about recognizing and dealing with adamant aggressors who may be threatening America today. While these lessons may not ensure that the best choices will be made today, understanding them will help readers to reject demonstrated bad choices and, thus, more likely arrive at better choices.

This unique approach allows readers to quickly peruse a 2-3 page Executive Summary at the beginning of each case study, or to examine a thoroughly researched and documented narrative of the aggressor's action and the reactions of his targets. Analysis then details how each aggressor is identified as adamant (and might have been while there was time to react effectively), and how targets violated or sometimes conformed to guidelines for dealing with adamant aggressors. The final chapter draws from the five cases to validate the lessons for how to recognize and deal with adamant aggressors, and urges app

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781462891931
Publisher:	Xlibris Corporation
Publication date:	06/25/2011
Pages:	354
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.79(d)

About the Author

George Santayana said "those who haven't learned from history are doomed to repeat it," but unlike the laws or rules of other social sciences, most formal education doesn't include anything resembling concise 'lessons of history.' So after retiring from 44 years in business, I decided to see if history could be formulated into explicit lessons for practical application in today's world. Adamant Aggressors is my first attempt. Seeing how well it demonstrates the concept encourages me to write more. (A book on immigration is in the works.)

Thatcher worked for General Electric and the Vendo companies in various marketing and management capacities before founding (with his wife and a friend) a telecommunications consulting firm. While there, he authored several telecommunications-related books and presented seminars on telecommunications in various cities. During his consulting career, Thatcher was a member of the Institute of Management Consultants (IMC), a Senior Member of the National Association of Radio and Telecommunications Engineers (NARTE) and a member of AT&T's Consultants Council.

As adjunct professor, Thatcher taught undergraduate and graduate courses at Kansas City area institutions - William Jewell College, University of Missouri Kansas City and Avila University.

He has contributed to community service continuously, including service as President of a Chicago-area Board of Education, and a term on the national Board of Directors of Literacy Volunteers of America. He presently serves as a Stephen Minister and Stephen Leader at Peace Lutheran Church in New Braunfels, Texas.

Table of Contents

Preface	13
Case 1—Mehmed II and the Ottoman Empire (1451-81)
Chapter 1 Executive Summary	19
Chapter 2 Mehmed II and the Conquest of Constantinople	22
Chapter 3 Identification of Mehmed II as an Adamant Aggressor	42
Chapter 4 Reactions to Ottoman Aggressions	47
Chapter 5 Analysis and Discussion—Mehmed II	52
Chapter 6 Illustrations and Additional Reading	57
Case 2—James K. Polk and the USA (1845-49)
Chapter 7 Executive Summary	61
Chapter 8 James K. Polk and the Eleventh Presidency	64
Chapter 9 Identification of Polk as an Adamant Aggressor	85
Chapter 10 Reactions to Polk's Aggressions	92
Chapter 11 Analysis and Discussion—Polk	96
Chapter 12 Illustrations and Additional Reading	102
Case 3—Adolph Hitler and Nazi Germany (1933-45)
Chapter 13 Executive Summary	107
Chapter 14 Hitler's Rise and Procession to War	110
Chapter 15 Identification of Hitler as an Adamant Aggressor	127
Chapter 16 Reactions to Hitler's Aggressions	137
Chapter 17 Analysis and Discussion—Hitler	153
Chapter 18 Illustrations and Additional Reading	161
Case 4—Zionism, Chaim Weizmann, David Ben-Gurion, and Israel (1884-1953)
Chapter 19 Executive Summary	165
Chapter 20 Zionism, Weizmann, Ben-Gurion, and the Statehood of Israel	168
Chapter 21 Identification of Zionism/Weizmann/Ben-Gurion as an Adamant Aggressor	198
Chapter 22 Reactions to Zionist/Weizmann/Ben-Gurion's Aggressions	208
Chapter 23 Analysis and Discussion—Zionism, Weizmann, Ben-Gurion	223
Chapter 24 Illustrations and Additional Reading	230
Case 5—Joseph Stalin and Communist USSR (1929-53, 1991)
Chapter 25 Executive Summary	235
Chapter 26 Stalin's Rise and Consolidation of Power	238
Chapter 27 Stalin and the Cold War (1945-53)	263
Chapter 28 The Cold War after Stalin (1953-91)	282
Chapter 29 Identification of Stalin as an Adamant Aggressor	303
Chapter 30 Reactions to Stalin's Aggressions and Conduct of the Cold War	309
Chapter 31 Analysis and Discussion—Stalin	323
Chapter 32 Illustrations and Additional Reading	329
Conclusions and Current Applications
Chapter 33 What Does It Mean for Us?	335
Index	347

Editorial Reviews

Any history collection serious about analyzing historical trends for modern applications should consider this a top pick, especially recommended for sparking classroom discussions at the high school to college level. - Diane Donovan, October 2011

Midwest Book Review