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

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Princeton University Press, 10 янв. 2009 г. - Всего страниц: 360
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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 remarkably similar across generational, national, and ideological divides--is a fascinating take on military history by those who lived it. It is also worthwhile reading for anyone, from any walk of life, who makes executive decisions.


The leaders showcased here range from Frederick the Great to Norman Schwarzkopf. They include such diverse figures as Napoleon Bonaparte, commanders on both sides of the Civil War (William Tecumseh Sherman and Stonewall Jackson), German and American World War II generals (Rommel and Patton), a veteran of the Arab-Israeli wars (Moshe Dayan), and leaders from both sides of the Vietnam War (Vo Nguyen Giap and Harold Moore). What they have had in common is an unrivaled understanding of the art of command and a willingness to lead from the front. All earned the respect and loyalty of those they led--and moved them to risk death.


The practices of these commanders apply to any leadership situation, whether military, business, political, athletic, or other. Their words reveal techniques for anticipating the competition, leading through example, taking care of the "troops," staying informed, turning bad luck to advantage, improvising, and making bold decisions.


Leader after leader emphasizes the importance of up-front "muddy boots" leadership and reveals what it takes to persevere and win. Identifying a pattern of proven leadership, this book will benefit anyone who aspires to lead a country, a squadron, a company, or a basketball team. It is a unique distillation of two and a half centuries of military wisdom.

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Grant, in the East, and Sherman in the West and South, forced the Rebels to build
fortifications and use trenches and barbed wire to offset Yankee numbers and
firepower. Union troops, in turn, took to trenches as well. Grant and Sherman left
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When the Civil War began in 1861, he volunteered to serve in the Confederate
Army to “protect God-fearing people of the South.” To him, the war was a religious
crusade.3 He was made a colonel, then a brigadier general, CSA. At Bull Run he
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II William Tecumseh Sherman 18201891
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III Stonewall Jackson 18241863
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IV John Singleton Mosby 18331916
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Lawrence of Arabia
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VI Archibald Percival Wavell 18831950
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VII Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel 18911945
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VIII George S Patton Jr 18851945
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IX Charles de Gaulle 18901970
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XIII Joseph Warren Vinegar Joe Stilwell 18831946
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XIV Matthew Bunker Ridgway 18951993
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XV Moshe Dayan 19151981
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XVI Vo Nguyen Giap 1911
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XVII Harold G Moore 1924
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Vaux and the Happy Warriors of 42 Commando
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XIX H Norman Schwarzkopf 1934
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Conclusions
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X Erich von Manstein 18871973
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XI Bernard Law Montgomery 18871976
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XII William Joseph Slim 18911970
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Notes
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Index
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Стр. 34 - They are the world's gossips, pick up and retail the camp scandal, and gradually drift to the headquarters of some general, who finds it easier to make reputation at home than with his own corps or division. They are also tempted to prophesy events and state facts which, to an enemy, reveal a purpose in time to guard against it. Moreover, they are always bound to see facts colored by the partisan or political character of their own patrons, and thus bring army officers into the political controversies...
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Стр. 38 - Whilst great credit is due to other parts of our gallant army, God made my brigade more instrumental than any other in repulsing the main attack. 9 This is for your information only-say nothing about it. Let others speak praise, not myself.
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Стр. 79 - We must also arrange the minds of the enemy, so far as we could reach them; then those other minds of the nation supporting us behind the firing line, since more than half the battle passed there in the back; then the minds of the enemy nation waiting the verdict; and of the neutrals looking on; circle beyond circle.
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Owen Connelly is the McKissick Dial Professor of History at the University of South Carolina. An ex-captain of U.S. Army Rangers, he did two years' duty in the Korean War and was later executive officer of the Rangers' Amphibious and Jungle Warfare Training Camp in Florida. He was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, in 1989 and 1995. His many books include Napoleon's Satellite Kingdoms, The Gentle Bonaparte, The Epoch of Napoleon, Blundering to Glory, and the widely used text French Revolution and Napoleonic Era.

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НазваниеOn War and Leadership: The Words of Combat Commanders from Frederick the Great to Norman Schwarzkopf
АвторOwen Connelly
ИздательPrinceton University Press, 2009
ISBN1400825164, 9781400825165
Количество страницВсего страниц: 360
  
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