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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100670459887
ISBN-139780670459889
eBay Product ID (ePID)1346636
Product Key Features
TopicLeadership, Military Science, General
Publication Year1987
Book TitleMask of Command
LanguageEnglish
GenreTechnology & Engineering, Fiction, Business & Economics
AuthorJohn Keegan
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight27.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN87-040027
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal355.3/31/0922
SynopsisJohn Keegan asks us to consider questions that are seldom asked: 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.