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9780813126609

The Art of Command

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  • ISBN13:

    9780813126609

  • ISBN10:

    0813126606

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-09-20
  • Publisher: Univ Pr of Kentucky

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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.

Author Biography

Harry S. Laver, associate professor of history and political science at Southeastern Louisiana University, is the author of Citizens More Than Soldiers: The Kentucky Militia and Society in the Early Republic. Jeffrey J. Matthews, professor and director of the business leadership program at the University of Puget Sound, is the author of Alanson B. Houghton: Ambassador of the New Era.

Table of Contents

Foreword Lieutenant Generalp. ix
Acknowledgmentsp. xv
Introduction: Leadership for War and Peacep. 1
Integrity and Leadershipp. 11
Determination and Leadershipp. 33
Institutional Leadershipp. 61
Cross-Cultural Leadershipp. 93
Charismatic Leadershipp. 125
Visionary Leadershipp. 155
Technology and Leadershipp. 179
Adaptive Leadershipp. 209
Exemplary Followershipp. 231
Recommended Readingp. 265
List of Contributorsp. 269
Indexp. 271
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