The Mask of Command
Alexander the Great, Wellington, Ulysses S. Grant, Hitler, and the Nature of Leadership
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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 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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- Title
- The Mask of Command
- Subtitle
- Alexander the Great, Wellington, Ulysses S. Grant, Hitler, and the Nature of Leadership
- Language
- English
- Authors
- John Keegan
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Released
- 1988
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 400
- ISBN10
- 0140114068
- ISBN13
- 9780140114065
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- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, History, True Stories, Biographies, Military History, Military Fiction, Wars, Leadership
- Original title
- The mask of command
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- 3.95 out of 5
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- 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 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.