The Mask of Command
MIA KARTS BOOKS
Book details
- Author
- John Keegan
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- Military
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780140114065
- ISBN-10
- 0140114068
- Vendor: Mia Karts
The Mask of Command
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ISBN: 0140114068
Author: Keegan, John
Condition: New
John Keegans brilliant look at the meaning of leadershipIn The Mask of Command, John Keegan asks us to consider questions that are seldom asked: What is the definition of leadership? What makes a great military leader? Why is it that men, indeed sometimes entire nations, follow a single leader, often to victory, but with equal dedication also to defeat?Dozens of names come to mind...Napoleon, Lee, Charlemagne, Hannibal, Castro, Hussein. From a wide array, Keegan chooses four commanders who profoundly influenced the course of history: Alexander the Great, the Duke of Wellington, Ulysses S. Grant and Adolph Hitler. All powerful leaders, each cast in a different mold, each with diverse results.The Mask of Command is a companion volume to John Keegan's classic study of the individual soldier, The Face of Battle: together they form a masterpiece of military and human history.
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