A wide-ranging series of essays on military leaders, ancient and modern, whose actions and personalities provide insights into the interplay of time, circumstance, and individual character and ability that makes for success or failure. The authors cover "some masters of the art" including Sulla, Saxe, Thomas, Huebner etc, "masters of mobile warfare" such as Iberville, Crook, Wolseley, Hart, Montgomery, Patton, and experts in "coalition warfare" such as Rochambeau, Eisenhower. This book provides a study of the historical fields of battle, intended to appeal to the military professional or student of military history.
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Martin Blumenson is the author of a dozen books on military subjects. James L. Stokesbury is professor of history at Acadia University in Nova Scotia.
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An excellent work dealing with military leadership,
By Roger J. Buffington (Huntington Beach, CA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
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"Masters of the Art of Command" is an excellent work dealing with military leadership across the ages. From Sulla, in Roman times to the Vietnam era, from privates and lieutenants to generals, this piece examines various commanders and what they did as commanders to exercise effective military leadership.I originally was assigned to read this book as part of Army ROTC back in the 1970s. I recently revisited and reread it, and it is truly an underrated work, well worth examination by students of military history and the soldierly art.
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GENIUS MAY BE BORN, but generals are made. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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United States, North Africa, Liddell Hart, Kasserine Pass, First Army, General Eisenhower, New York, Hwachon Dam, Hudson Bay, Supreme Allied Commander, War Office, Fifth Army, Regular Army, West Point, Charley Stone, Pukhan River, Supreme Commander, Army War College, Cavalry Division, Eighth Army, War Department, Infantry Division, North America, Seventh Army, Third Army New!
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GENIUS MAY BE BORN, but generals are made. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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United States, North Africa, Liddell Hart, Kasserine Pass, First Army, General Eisenhower, New York, Hwachon Dam, Hudson Bay, Supreme Allied Commander, War Office, Fifth Army, Regular Army, West Point, Charley Stone, Pukhan River, Supreme Commander, Army War College, Cavalry Division, Eighth Army, War Department, Infantry Division, North America, Seventh Army, Third Army New!
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- Art of War by Niccolo Machiavelli in Back Matter
- The Other Side of the Hill (Pan Grand Strategy) by B. H. Liddell Hart on page 228
- The Art Of War by Niccolò Machiavelli in Back Matter
- A Soldier Reports by William C. Westmoreland in Back Matter
- American Civil War: An English View: The Writings of Field Marshal Viscount Wolseley by James Rawley on page 215
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- Breaking the Phalanx: A New Design for Landpower in the 21st Century by Douglas A. Macgregor on 5 pages
- Omaha Beach: A Flawed Victory by Adrian R. Lewis on 4 pages
- The Normandy Campaign, 1944: A Selected Bibliography (Bibliographies of Battles and Leaders) by Colin F. Baxter on page 37, page 95, and Back Matter
- Challenge of Command (West Point Military History Series) by Roger H. Nye on page 23, page 37, and Back Matter
- A Short History of World War II by James L. Stokesbury in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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