{"product_id":"the-mask-of-command-9780140114065","title":"The Mask of Command","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Keegan’s brilliant look at the meaning of leadership\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDozens 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mask of Command\u003c\/i\u003e is a companion volume to John Keegan's classic study of the individual soldier, \u003ci\u003eThe Face of Battle\u003c\/i\u003e: together they form a masterpiece of military and human history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The best military historian of our generation.” –\u003cb\u003eTom Clancy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A brilliant treatise on the essence of military leadership.” –\u003cb\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Fascinating and enlightening… marked by great intellectual liveliness… Mr. Keegan knows how to bring fighting alive on the page.” –\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 1 Alexander the Great and Heroic Leadership: Alexander - the Father of the Man; The Achievement; The Kingdom of Macedon; The Macedonian Army; Alexander's Staff; Alexander and his Soldiers; Ceremony and Theatre; Alexander's Oratory; Alexander on the Battlefield; Alexander and the Mask of Command. Part 2 Wellington - The Anti-Hero: Wellington the Man; Wellington and Western Military Society; Wellington's Army; Wellington's Staff; Wellington's Routine; Wellington and the Presentation of Self; Wellington in Battle; Observation and Sensation. Part 3 Grant and Unheroic Leadership: Grant and the Progress of War; The Professional Career of U.S. Grant; Grant's Army; Grant's Staff; Grant on Campaign; Grant the Fighter; Grant and the American Democracy. Part 4 False Heroic - Hitler as Supreme Commander: War and Hitler's World; The War Hitler Made; Hitler's Soldiers; Hitler's Headquarters; Hitler in Command; Hitler and the Theatre of Leadership. Part 5 Conclusion: Post-Heroic - Command in the Nuclear World: The Imperative of Kinship; The Imperative of Prescription; The Imperative of Sanction; The Imperative of Action; The Imperative of Example; The Validation of Nuclear Authority.","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49524420968791,"sku":"9780140114065","price":15.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780140114065.jpg?v=1731856712","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-mask-of-command-9780140114065","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}