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Lords of War : From Lincoln to Churchill
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barnett, Correlli.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Generals--Biography.
- Military biography.
- Military history, Modern--19th century.
- Military history, Modern--20th century.
- Military history.
- Local Subjects:
- Generals--Biography.
- Military biography.
- Military history, Modern--19th century.
- Military history, Modern--20th century.
- Military history.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (734 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- : Pen and Sword, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this compelling study of leadership, Correlli Barnett examines the strengths and weaknesses of twenty leaders in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He examines how the difficulties they faced and the political and strategic backgrounds of their days and analyses how they performed and what they achieved. Were they successful, or were they beaten down by the burden of their roles? His book considers men from very different backgrounds and from three continents in a range of modern conflicts from the Napoleonic Wars to the Second World War. They range from statesmen like Napoleon,
- Contents:
- ""Front Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""List of Photographs""; ""List of Maps""; ""Foreword""; ""Author�s Acknowledgements""; ""Author�s Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""PART I: The Nineteenth Century""; ""1 THE ROMANTIC IDEAL OF LEADERSHIP""; ""2 CRUSADER WITH A BLUNT SWORD""; ""3 A STUDY IN CONTRAST""; ""4 THE CALCULATOR OF VICTORY""; ""5 THE PRICE OF INCOMPETENCE""; ""PART II: The Great War 1914-1918""; ""6 NERVE AND LOSS OF NERVE""; ""7 STALEMATE AND SCAPEGOAT""; ""8 BRILLIANCE AND BETRAYAL""; ""9 THE SAVIOUR OF AN ARMY""; ""10 LEADER TO CATASTROPHE""
- ""11 THE VICTOR OF 1918""""PART III: The Second World War 1939-1945""; ""12 LEADER FROM THE FRONT""; ""13 THE RELUCTANT GAMBLER""; ""14 FIRE-RAISER IN CHIEF""; ""15 FROM DEFEAT INTO VICTORY""; ""16 NEPTUNE�S ADMIRAL""; ""17 COALITION SUPREME COMMANDER""; ""18 STALIN�S MARSHAL""; ""19 SPELLBINDER AND FANTASIST""; ""20 VICTORY AT ALL COST""; ""Bibliography""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781783378517
- 1783378514
- OCLC:
- 854974576
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