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Leadership in War

From Lincoln to Churchill
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In this controversial study, Correlli Barnett examines the strengths and weaknesses of twenty wartime leaders in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He considers the extraordinary difficulties they faced, and analyses how they performed and what they achieved. Were they successful, or were they beaten down by the burden of their roles? His book focuses on men from very different backgrounds and from three continents in a range of modern conflicts from the American Civil War to the Second World War. They range from statesmen like Lincoln, Lloyd George, Hitler and Churchill to generals like Grant, Haig, Rommel, Zhukov and Eisenhower, and admirals like Yamamoto and Ramsay. These leaders demonstrated fascinating contrasts of personal character, styles of leadership and aptitude for command as they grappled with the daunting professional problems that confronted them. In this challenging study, first published as The Lords of War, Correlli Barnett yet again demolishes hallowed reputations and rehabilitates the unjustly scapegoated. His latest book confirms his reputation as a master of strategic history. Napoleon Bonaparte * Abraham Lincoln * Ulysses S. Grant * Robert E. Lee * Helmuth Graf von Moltke * Napoleon III * Joseph Joffre * Helmuth von Moltke the Younger * Douglas Haig * David Lloyd George * Philippe Petain * Erich Ludendorff * Erwin Rommel * Isoruku Yamamoto * Arthur Harris * William Slim * Bertram Ramsay * Dwight D. Eisenhower * Georgi Zhukov * Adolf Hitler * Winston Churchill

Author Biography

Correlli Barnett is one of Britain's best-known historians. A fellow of both the Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Historical Society, he has written many acclaimed books, including The Desert Generals, The Swordbearers, The Collapse of British Power, and Engage the Enemy More Closely.
Release date NZ
October 15th, 2014
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Edition
Revised ed.
Illustrations
Illustrations, unspecified
Imprint
US Naval Institute Press
Pages
352
Publisher
US Naval Institute Press
Dimensions
155x231x28
ISBN-13
9780473821227
Product ID
22290604

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