The Mask of Command by Keegan, John

The Mask of Command (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780140114065)

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The Mask of Command by Keegan, John

The Mask of Command

$18.00
The Mask of Command by Keegan, John

The Mask of Command

$18.00
Format: Paperback
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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.




Author: John Keegan
ISBN-10: 0140114068
ISBN-13: 9780140114065
Publisher: Penguin Books
Language: English
Published: 10/04/1988
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/19/1988
By John Keegan
By John Keegan
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Sir John Desmond Patrick Keegan (1934-2012), was one of the most distinguished contemporary military historians and was for many years the senior lecturer at Sandhurst (the British Royal Military Academy) and the defense editor of the Daily Telegraph (London). Keegan was 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, and was a fellow at the Royal Society of Literature.

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