The Mask of Command: a Study of Generalship
John Keegan, "The Mask of Command: a Study of Generalship"
English | 2004 | ISBN: 0140114068, 0670459887 | EPUB | pages: 384 | 2.0 mb
English | 2004 | ISBN: 0140114068, 0670459887 | EPUB | pages: 384 | 2.0 mb
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.