A comprehensive look at leadership, table of contents include: What is leadership, Teaching combat leadership at West Point, Leadership/Versatility, and all that Jazz, Living on the Edge: building cohesion and the will to win, Discipline, Alexander the Great, Calculation and circumstance, Hard knocks, Heroism under fire, Culture of Confidence, Leadership Technology and the ethics of total war, Soviet operational Art, 21st century leadership, Charisma, Looking up Leadership from a followers perspective, The battle of Oom Chalouba, Battle focused training, The renaissance force, Unleashing Human Potential.

Contributors include Gen. Gordon Sullivan, former U.S. Army Chief of Staff; Conrad Crane; Fred Kagan This bold, wide-ranging collection brings together some of the most noted military minds, past and present, to examine the crucial role of leadership in combat. Written while Christopher Kolenda was a faculty member in the history department at West Point, it covers both classic and modern concepts of leadership and uses case studies from Alexander the Great through World War II to illustrate principles of leadership in concrete historical contexts.

This wide-ranging anthology brings together noted military minds as they examine the crucial role of leadership in the crucible of combat and relate the lessons learned. They also attempt to apply these principles to the stressful world of business. The book covers both classic and modern concepts of leadership that will serve as an excellent introduction to the study of leadership for junior officers and NCOs.

Author: Christopher Kolenda
ISBN-10: 0970968213
ISBN-13: 9780970968210