Description
Book SynopsisThis edited volume focuses on civil-military relations before and during great power conflicts, and comprises historical case studies of modern supreme leadership.
It aims to provide a guide for the future by shining a light on what worked and what failed in the civil-military relationships that steered great powers during the last era of rapid global change. While future civil-military relationships will have to adapt to the current global environment, the past remains, as always, a prelude. Thus, crucial concepts that underpin all such relationships are eternal and are waiting to be drawn out by historians trained to examine and present them to those who can put them to immediate good use. This volume demonstrates the relevance of history in every chapter, as readers will see parallels to today's problems throughout every case study. The world is entering an age of great challenges, many of which require nations particularly the most powerful to establish civil-military re
Table of Contents
1. Introduction 2. Lincoln, Grant, and the Secrets of Their Success 3. Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee 4. Clemenceau and Foch: How Not to Share an Armrest 5. Lloyd George, Haig and the Supreme Command, 1917-1918 6. Imperial Germany’s Supreme Command during the First World War 7. Stalin and the Stavka: Formulating Soviet Strategy during the Great Patriotic War 8. The German High Command 9. Roosevelt and Marshall: The Road to Overlord 10. Couldn’t Winston Trust His Generals? 11. Truman and MacArthur: Rendezvous with History 12. Mao and His Generals: The War to Resist America and Aid Korea Conclusion
