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Command and control : great military leaders from Washington to the twenty-first century

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  • Author: Polelle, Mark Robert
    Contributor: Recorded Books, LLC.
    Edition: Unabridged
    Date:
    Created
    2011
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    Copyrighted
    2010
    Summary:

    Polelle examines great military leaders in history, beginning with George Washington and moving on to Napoleon, U.S. Grant, Pershing, MacArthur, and Schwarzkopf, among others. The course also addresses the politics of military history and leadership and illustrates the circumstances that enable the rise of great leaders. Perhaps most importantly, Professor Polelle raises and answers that essential question: What is it that makes a good leader?

    Contents:
    • The politics of military history and military leadership
    • Washington: the indispensable man
    • Napoleon: the first modern general
    • U.S. Grant and the art of war in the industrial era
    • Sherman and the advent of total war
    • The great southern hope: Robert E. Lee
    • Moltke and the German way of war
    • Pershing and the American expeditionary force in World War I
    • Eisenhower and World War II
    • Patton and the romance of war
    • MacArthur: the American Caesar?
    • Curtis LeMay and the generalship during the Cold War
    • "Stormin' Norman" Schwarzkopf and Desert Storm: remaking the American military after Vietnam
    • Lessons of military leadership.
    Genre:
    History and geography
    Sujets: Command of troops | Generals | Leadership | Military art and science | Military biography | Military history | Military history, Modern
    Original Publisher: Prince Frederick, MD, [Prince Frederick, Md.], Recorded Books, [Distributed by] OneClick Digital
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781461806776