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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814497303321

Titolo

Military leadership : in pursuit of excellence / / edited by Robert L. Taylor, William E. Rosenbach, Eric B. Rosenbach ; with a foreword by Gregory S. Newbold

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder, CO, : Westview Press, c2009

ISBN

0-429-97463-9

0-429-49500-5

0-7867-2756-X

9786612334627

1-282-33462-X

Edizione

[6th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 p.)

Disciplina

355.3/3041

355.33041

Soggetti

Leadership

Command of troops

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; About the Editors and Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Part I: Leadership; 1 Leadership; 2 Leaders and Leadership; 3 What Makes a Leader?; 4 Leadership as an Art; 5 Reality Leadership; 6 Followers as Partners; 7 Leaders, Managers, and Command Climate; Part II: Character; 8 Leadership Candor; 9 The Potency of Persuasion; 10 When Leadership Collides with Loyalty; 11 Leading Warriors in the Long War; 12 Command Presence; Part III: General Officers; 14 Generalship; 15 Generalship; 16 Breaking Through "Brass" Ceilings; 17 A Failure in Generalship; 18 Challenging the Generals

19 Bush and the GeneralsPart IV: The Future of Military Leadership; 20 How the West Was Won; 21 Improving Strategic Leadership; 22 The Gettysburg Leadership Experience; 23 The Sergeant Solution; 24 Leadership in the "City of Exiles"; 25 Generational Change; 26 Leading in the Army After Next; Credits and Acknowledgments; Index

Sommario/riassunto

An anthology of classic and contemporary articles, as well as original essays, on leaders, followers, and the personal and organizational



values that promote effective military leadership.