The Mask of Command by John Keegan

The Mask of Command by John Keegan

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

John Keegan, one of the most distinguished contemporary military historians, was for many years Senior Lecturer at Sandhurst, the British Royal Military Academy, and Defense Editor of the London Daily Telegraph. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Keegan is the author of numerous books including The Face of Battle, The Mask of Command, The Price of Admiralty, Six Armies in Normandy, and The Second World War (all available from Penguin). if (SYM == BIO) { document.writeln(

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ISBN 13	9780224019491
ISBN 10	022401949X
Title	The Mask of Command
Author	John Keegan
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	1987-11-12
Number of pages	366
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