Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen And Leadership In WartimeSimon and Schuster, 2012 M10 1 - 352 pages SUPREME COMMAND is about leadership in wartime, or more precisely about the tension between two kinds of leadership, civil and military. Eliot Cohen uncovers the nature of strategy-making by looking at four great democratic war statesmen and seeing how they dealt with the military leaders who served them. In doing so he reveals fundamental aspects of leadership and provides not merely an historical analysis but a study of issues that remain crucial today. By examining the cases of four of the greatest war statesmen of the twentieth century he explores the problem of how people confront the greatest challenges that can befall them, in this case national leaders. Beginning with a discussion of civil-military relations from a theoretical point of view, Cohen lays out the conventional beliefs about how politicians should deal with generals and the extent to which either can influence the outcome of war. From these he draws broader lessons for students of leadership generally. |
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... Gurion—to reveal the surprising answer: the politicians. Great statesmen do not turn their wars over to their generals, and then stay out of their way. Great statesmen make better generals of their generals. They question and drive ...
... Gurion—to reveal the surprising answer: the politicians. Great statesmen do not turn their wars over to their generals, and then stay out of their way. Great statesmen make better generals of their generals. They question and drive ...
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... GURION HOLDS A SEMINAR CHAPTER 6: LEADERSHIP WITHOUT GENIUS CHAPTER 7: THE UNEQUAL DIALOGUE APPENDIX: THE THEORY OF CIVILIAN CONTROL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTES INDEX PREFACE This is a book about leadership in wartime—or more.
... GURION HOLDS A SEMINAR CHAPTER 6: LEADERSHIP WITHOUT GENIUS CHAPTER 7: THE UNEQUAL DIALOGUE APPENDIX: THE THEORY OF CIVILIAN CONTROL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTES INDEX PREFACE This is a book about leadership in wartime—or more.
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... Gurion each receive a chapter-length account, focusing on the problem of civil-military relations. These chapters do not deal with all aspects of wartime leadership (industrial mobilization, for example) except insofar as it affected ...
... Gurion each receive a chapter-length account, focusing on the problem of civil-military relations. These chapters do not deal with all aspects of wartime leadership (industrial mobilization, for example) except insofar as it affected ...
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... Gurion. I confess to a certain desire to enter the lists on behalf of Churchill and his colleagues in this book. Such an admission opens me, I well realize, to accusations of hero-worship—a practice out of keeping with the temper of ...
... Gurion. I confess to a certain desire to enter the lists on behalf of Churchill and his colleagues in this book. Such an admission opens me, I well realize, to accusations of hero-worship—a practice out of keeping with the temper of ...
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