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Mask of Command, The

By: Chartwell Books

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical Reference Books (Penguin Publishing)

Last Stocked on 11/25/2022

Product Info

Title
Mask of Command, The
Publisher
Category
Author
John Keegan
Publish Year
1988
Pages
368
Dimensions
5x7.75x1"
NKG Part #
2147843349
Type
Softcover

Description

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.