Name: The Mask of Command

Author: John Keegan
Year: 1987
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History, Non Fiction, War/Military, Biographies

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9780140114065
0140114068
John Keegan's brilliant look at the meaning of leadership
In 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 best military historian of our generation." -Tom Clancy
 
"A brilliant treatise on the essence of military leadership." -The Philadelphia Inquirer
 
"Fascinating and enlightening... marked by great intellectual liveliness... Mr. Keegan knows how to bring fighting alive on the page." -The New York Times






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