Leadership in war : from Lincoln to Churchill /
In this controversial study, Correlli Barnett examines the strengths and weaknesses of twenty wartime leaders in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He considers the extraordinary difficulties they faced, and analyses how they performed and what they achieved. Were they successful, or were...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Barnsley :
Praetorian Press,
2014.
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| Edition: | Revised edition. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | In this controversial study, Correlli Barnett examines the strengths and weaknesses of twenty wartime leaders in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He considers the extraordinary difficulties they faced, and analyses how they performed and what they achieved. Were they successful, or were they beaten down by the burden of their roles His book focuses on men from very different backgrounds and from three continents in a range of modern conflicts from the American Civil War to the Second World War. They range from statesmen like Lincoln, Lloyd George, Hitler and Churchill to generals. |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook History Collection |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (354 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781473842236 1473842239 9781473842274 1473842271 |
