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The art of command : Military leadership from George Washington to Colin Powell / Edited by Harry S. Laver and Jeffrey J. Matthews ; forewords by Lieutenant General H. R. McMaster, USA and Lieutenant General Steven W. Boutelle, USA (Ret.).

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: American Warrior seriesPublisher: Lexington, KY : University Press of Kentucky, [2017]Edition: Second editionDescription: xiii, 355 p. : ill. ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780813174723 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 9780813174150 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 355.0092/273 23
LOC classification:
  • U52 .A77 2017
Contents:
Foreword to the second edition / Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster -- Foreword to the first edition / Lieutenant General Steven W. Boutelle -- Leadership for war and peace / Harry S. Laver and Jeffrey J. Matthews -- Integrity and leadership : George Washington / Caroline Cox -- Determination and leadership : Ulysses S. Grant / Harry S. Laver -- Institutional leadership : George C. Marshall / Larry I. Bland -- Cross-cultural leadership : Dwight D. Eisenhower / Kerry E. Irish -- Charismatic leadership : Lewis B. "Chesty" Puler / Jon T. Hoffman -- Visionary leadership : Henry H. "Hap" Arnold / Francois le Roy and Drew Perkins -- Transitional leadership : Matthew B. Ridgway / Thomas G. Bradbeer -- Innovative leadership : Arleigh A. Burke / David Alan Rosenberg with Harry S. Laver -- Authentic leadership : David M. Shoup / Howard Jablon with Jeffrey J. Matthews -- Adaptive leadership : Harold G. Moore / H.R. McMaster -- Exemplary followership : Colin L. Powell / Jeffrey J. Matthews.
Summary: "What essential leadership lessons do we learn by distilling the actions and ideas of great military commanders such as George Washington, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Colin Powell? That is the fundamental question underlying The Art of Command : Military Leadership from George Washington to Colin Powell. The book illustrates that great leaders become great through conscious effort--a commitment not only to develop vital skills but also to surmount personal shortcomings. Harry S. Laver, Jeffrey J. Matthews, and the other contributing authors identify nine core characteristics of highly effective leadership, such as integrity, determination, vision, and charisma, and nine significant figures in American military history whose careers embody those qualities. The Art of Command examines each figure's strengths and weaknesses and how those attributes affected their leadership abilities, offering a unique perspective of military leadership in American history. Laver and Matthews have assembled a list of contributors from military, academic, and professional circles, which allows the book to encompass diverse approaches to the study of leadership"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (page 341-343).

Foreword to the second edition / Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster -- Foreword to the first edition / Lieutenant General Steven W. Boutelle -- Leadership for war and peace / Harry S. Laver and Jeffrey J. Matthews -- Integrity and leadership : George Washington / Caroline Cox -- Determination and leadership : Ulysses S. Grant / Harry S. Laver -- Institutional leadership : George C. Marshall / Larry I. Bland -- Cross-cultural leadership : Dwight D. Eisenhower / Kerry E. Irish -- Charismatic leadership : Lewis B. "Chesty" Puler / Jon T. Hoffman -- Visionary leadership : Henry H. "Hap" Arnold / Francois le Roy and Drew Perkins -- Transitional leadership : Matthew B. Ridgway / Thomas G. Bradbeer -- Innovative leadership : Arleigh A. Burke / David Alan Rosenberg with Harry S. Laver -- Authentic leadership : David M. Shoup / Howard Jablon with Jeffrey J. Matthews -- Adaptive leadership : Harold G. Moore / H.R. McMaster -- Exemplary followership : Colin L. Powell / Jeffrey J. Matthews.

"What essential leadership lessons do we learn by distilling the actions and ideas of great military commanders such as George Washington, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Colin Powell? That is the fundamental question underlying The Art of Command : Military Leadership from George Washington to Colin Powell. The book illustrates that great leaders become great through conscious effort--a commitment not only to develop vital skills but also to surmount personal shortcomings. Harry S. Laver, Jeffrey J. Matthews, and the other contributing authors identify nine core characteristics of highly effective leadership, such as integrity, determination, vision, and charisma, and nine significant figures in American military history whose careers embody those qualities. The Art of Command examines each figure's strengths and weaknesses and how those attributes affected their leadership abilities, offering a unique perspective of military leadership in American history. Laver and Matthews have assembled a list of contributors from military, academic, and professional circles, which allows the book to encompass diverse approaches to the study of leadership"-- Provided by publisher.

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