{"product_id":"the-mask-of-command-isbn-9780140114065","title":"The Mask of Command","description":"\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\u003eIntroduction: Pre-Heroic Leadership\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Alexander the Great and Heroic Leadership\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlexander: the Father of the Man\u003cbr\u003eThe Achievement\u003cbr\u003eThe Kingdom of Macedon\u003cbr\u003eThe Macedonian Army\u003cbr\u003eAlexander's Staff\u003cbr\u003eAlexander and his Soldiers\u003cbr\u003eCeremony and Theatre\u003cbr\u003eAlexander's Oratory\u003cbr\u003eAlexander on the Battlefield\u003cbr\u003eAlexander and the Mask of Command\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Wellington: The Anti-Hero\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWellington the Man\u003cbr\u003eWellington and Western Military Society\u003cbr\u003eWellington's Army\u003cbr\u003eWellington's Staff\u003cbr\u003eWellington's Routine\u003cbr\u003eWellington and the Presentation of Self\u003cbr\u003eWellington in Battle\u003cbr\u003eObservation and Sensation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Grant and Unheroic Leadership\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrant and the Progress of War\u003cbr\u003eThe Professional Career of U.S. Grant\u003cbr\u003eGrant's Army\u003cbr\u003eGrant's Staff\u003cbr\u003eGrant on Campaign\u003cbr\u003eGrant the Fighter\u003cbr\u003eGrant and American Democracy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. False Heroic: Hitler as Supreme Commander\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWar and Hitler's World\u003cbr\u003eThe War Hitler Made\u003cbr\u003eHitler's Soldiers\u003cbr\u003eHitler's Headquarters\u003cbr\u003eHitler in Command\u003cbr\u003eHitler and the Theatre of Leadership\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eConclusion: Post-Heroic: Command in the Nuclear World\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Imperative of Kinship\u003cbr\u003eThe Imperative of Prescription\u003cbr\u003eThe Imperative of Sanction\u003cbr\u003eThe Imperative of Action\u003cbr\u003eThe Imperative of Example\u003cbr\u003eThe Validation of Nuclear Authority\u003cbr\u003eSelect Bibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex“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\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSir John Desmond Patrick Keegan (\u003c\/b\u003e1934–2012), was one of the most distinguished contemporary military historians and was for many years the senior lecturer at Sandhurst (the British Royal Military Academy) and the defense editor of the \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e (London). Keegan was the author of numerous books including \u003ci\u003eThe Face of Battle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Mask of Command\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Price of Admiralty\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Six Armies in Normandy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Second World War\u003c\/i\u003e, and was a fellow at the Royal Society of Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304372949221,"sku":"NP9780140114065","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140114065.jpg?v=1767740431","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-mask-of-command-isbn-9780140114065","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}