The mask of command

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Noted military historian observes the command characteristics of Alexander, Wellington, Grant, and Hitler within the context of heroism.

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Full title :The mask of command / John Keegan.

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Noted military historian observes the command characteristics of Alexander, Wellington, Grant, and Hitler within the context of heroism.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1988, ©1987.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Penguin
Place of Publication:New York, NY
Language:eng
Publication Date:1988, ©1987.

The Physical Object

Description:368 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations ; : 20 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0140114068, 9780140114065
oclc:ocm17774804
LC Classification:UB210
Dewey Decimal:355.3/3041

Pre-heroic leadership -- Alexander the Great and heroic leadership -- Alexander: the father of the man -- The achievement -- The Kingdom of Macedon -- The Macedonian Army Alexander and his soldiers -- Ceremony and theatre -- Alexander's oratory -- Alexander on the battlefield -- Alexander and the mask of command -- Wellington: the anti-hero -- Wellington the man -- Wellington and Western military society -- Wellington's army -- Wellington's staff -- Wellington's routine -- Wellington and the presentation of self -- Wellington in battle -- Observation and sensation -- Grant and unheroic leadership -- Grant and the progress of war -- The professional career of U.S. Grant -- Grant's army -- Grant's staff -- Grant on campaign -- Grant the fighter -- Grant and American democracy -- False heroic: Hitler as supreme commander -- War and Hitler's world -- The war Hitler made -- Hitler's soldiers -- Hitler's headquarters -- Hitler in command -- Hitler and the theatre of leadership -- Conclusion: Post-heroic: command in the nuclear world -- The imperative of kinship -- The imperative of prescription -- The imperative of sanction -- The imperative of action -- The imperative of example -- The…