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"Through Tired Eyes
Through Tired Eyes—Admiral Kurita, Abraham, and the Assumptions We Carry
How clearly do we see when we are exhausted, under pressure, and afraid of what might happen next?
In this episode of The Kingdom Corner, Matt Geib returns to the Battle off Samar, part of the larger Battle of Leyte Gulf, to examine the experience of Japanese Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita. Drawing from James D. Hornfischer’s The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors, we consider how losses, fatigue, incomplete information, and mistaken assumptions complicated his decisions.
Then we turn to Abraham and Abimelech in Genesis 20…
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