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The mask of command / John Keegan.

By:

Keegan, John, , 1934-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York, NY : Penguin , 1988, c1987.Description: 368 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:

9780140114065

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

355.3 KEE

LOC classification:

UB210 .K44 1988

Summary: John Keegan asks us to consider questions that are seldom asked: 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? Dozens 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.

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Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	355.3 KEE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		61856

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Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [353]-359.

John Keegan asks us to consider questions that are seldom asked: 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? Dozens 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.

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