Die Rückkehr der "grossen Männer" [[electronic resource] ] : Staatsmänner im Krieg : ein deutsch-britischer Vergleich = Bringing personality back in : leadership and war : a British-German comparison, 1740-1945 / / herausgegeben von/edited by Brendan Simms und Karina Urbach

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910456223803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin ; ; New York, : De Gruyter, c2010
• ISBN: 1-282-88500-6; 9786612885006; 3-11-023295-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (172 p.)
• Collana: Prinz-Albert-Studien ; ; Bd. 28 = Prince Albert studies ; ; v. 28
• Classificazione: NK 7015
• Altri autori (Persone): SimmsBrendan; UrbachKarina
• Disciplina: 355.3/3041
• Soggetti: Statesmen - Great Britain; Statesmen - Germany; Command of troops; Political leadership; Leadership - Great Britain - History; Leadership - Germany - History; Electronic books.; Great Britain History, Military; Germany History, Military
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Inhalt/Contents -- Introduction -- Managing Several Fronts: The Seven Years' War -- Frederick the Great -- William Pitt the Elder, Strategic leadership at Home and Abroad during the Great War for the Empires (1756-1763) -- Reforming Leadership in War -- Reformstreben, Machtpolitik und Staatsführung im Krieg bei William Pitt dem Jüngeren -- Joseph II: Wars Intended, Prevented and Unexpected -- Civil Leadership in an Age of Popular Wars -- Gladstone: Morality in the Age of Popular Wars -- Bismarck: Ein Amateur in Uniform? -- Not ; Leaving it to the Generals: Leadership in World War I -- The Welsh Wizard who won the War: David Lloyd George as War Leader -- Supreme Warlord: Kaiser Wilhelm II in Wartime -- Political Leadership in Total War -- Churchill: Flawed War Leader or Charismatic Visionary? -- Backmatter
• Sommario/riassunto: In this volume eminent historians compare German and British statesmen in war, from the Seven Years' War to World War II. The subjects of the biographical essays range from Frederick the Great and William Pitt the Elder, William Pitt the Younger and Joseph II, William Gladstone and Bismarck, David George and Wilhelm II, as well as Churchill and Hitler. Differences and similarities in the conduct of warfare and references to the present-day political situation are impressively presented. This collection thus provides important results to stimulate further research.