On War and Leadership : The Words of Combat Commanders from Frederick the Great to Norman Schwarzkopf /

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What can we learn about leadership and the experience of war from the best combat leaders the world has ever known? This book takes us behind the scenes and to the front lines of the major wars of the past 250 years through the words of twenty combat commanders. What they have to say--which is remar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Connelly, Owen (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2009]
Edición:Course Book
Temas:
HISTORY / Military / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • I. The Modern Originals
  • II. William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891)
  • III. Stonewall Jackson (1824-1863)
  • IV. John Singleton Mosby (1833-1916)
  • V. Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888-1935): "Lawrence of Arabia"
  • VI. Archibald Percival Wavell (1883-1950)
  • VII. Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel (1891-1945)
  • VIII. George S. Patton, Jr. (1885-1945)
  • IX. Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970)
  • X. Erich von Manstein (1887-1973)
  • XI. Bernard Law Montgomery (1887-1976)
  • XII. William Joseph Slim (1891-1970)
  • XIII. Joseph Warren "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell (1883-1946)
  • XIV. Matthew Bunker Ridgway (1895-1993)
  • XV. Moshe Dayan (1915-1981)
  • XVI. Vo Nguyen Giap (1911- )
  • XVII. Harold G. Moore (1924- )
  • XVIII. Nicholas F. "Nick" Vaux (1936- ): Vaux and the Happy Warriors of 42 Commando
  • XIX. H. Norman Schwarzkopf (1934- )
  • Conclusions
  • Notes
  • Index

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