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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783306903321

Autore

Bowery Charles R

Titolo

Lee & Grant [[electronic resource] ] : profiles in leadership from the battlefields of Virginia / / Charles R. Bowery, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : American Management Association, c2005

ISBN

0-8144-2843-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Disciplina

973.7/3/0922

Soggetti

Command of troops - History - 19th century

Virginia History Civil War, 1861-1865

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns

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 (p. 235-247) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Making of Leaders: Lee and Grant's Early Years; Marse Robert; Sam Grant; The Overland Campaign: Crucible of Leadership; Lee and Grant Prepare for the 1864 Campaign: Leadership and Organizational Planning; The Wilderness From Planning to Execution; Spotsylvania Adapting Your Leadership Style to Changing Situations; The Greater War Grant and Strategic Leadership; To the North Anna: Organizational Leadership Skills for Crisis Situations; Cold Harbor: Friction and Failure in Organizational Leadership

To the James and Beyond: Transformational LeadershipAppomattox The Adversaries Meet; Order of Battle-Union and Confederate Forces in the Overland Campaign; Suggestions for Further Reading; Leadership Laboratories: Touring the Battlefields of the Overland Campaign; Notes; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Business is a battlefield. Learn from two of America's greatest generals.