Mask Command by Keegan John (204 results)

Condition: Good. First American Edition. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Condition: Very Good. 1748725112. 5/31/2025 8:58:32 PM.

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Condition: Very Good. 1st American ed. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.1.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. LIGHT DJ SHELF WEAR, PAGES LIGHTLY TANNED, OTHERWISE VG. 800 GRAMS.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Book club edition.

1987 1ST FINE /FINE.

1987 1ST FINE /FINE.

20.0 x 13.0cms 370pp very good paperback & cover The chapters are: pre-heroic command; Alexander the Great & heroic leadership: the Duke of Wellington the anti-hero: Ulysses S Grant & unheroic leadership; false heroiic Hitler as supreme commander; post-heroic Command in the nuclear world.

Super octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. New York, Viking, 1987. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. Fine in a fine jacket. Stamp of bookstore on front flyleaf. A clean tight copy. Publisher's price intact on front jacket flap ($18.95). Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. Smoke-free.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($18.95 price intact). Published by Viking, 1987. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

1st ed. thus stiff wrappers As New small octavo 368pp., b/w plates, maps, plans, bibliog., index, The Commander in Battle through portraits of four Generals : Alexander the Great, Wellington, Ulysses S. Grant & Hitler.

1st ed. thus stiff wrappers Nice Copy octavo 366pp., b/w pls., maps, plans, bibliog., index, The Commander in Battle through portraits of four Generals : Alexander the Great, Wellington, Ulysses S. Grant & Hitler.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good w/Protective Cover. First United Kingdom Edition. Very good condition. Clean text, tight binding. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

2nd edition stiff wrappers New Book octavo 366pp., b/w pls., maps, plans, bibliog., index, The Commander in Battle through portraits of four Generals : Alexander the Great, Wellington, Ulysses S. Grant & Hitler.

8 Bll. Titelei, 368 S., mit 28 sw. Abb., OPp. m. ill. OU., dieser etw. randrissig, sonst nur geringe Gebrauchs- u. Staubspuren.

Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. First. First edition, near fine hardcover shows bumping to bottom corners and some other light trace wear including a small soil spot at colophon page, in near fine dust jacket (price at flap) that shows a light bit of rubbing and shelf wear. 368 pages with black & whites, maps and index. Still a good looking copy of this ".comprehensive analysis of generals." Quarter cloth over paper boards.

Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Thoughts on military leaders - Alexander the Great, Wellington, Ulysses S. Grant, Hiltler - and the pre-requisites for commond in the nuclear world. Bookplate and same owner's blind stamp, else fine in very good dustwrapper. book.

First american Edition. 366 Seiten mit Abbildungen. Sparche: englisch. Einband und Schutzumschlag ( mit ein paar sehr leichte gebrauchsspuren) etwa nachgedunkelt, sonst gut. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 890 8°, Halbleinen mit Rückenvergolderung und Schutzumschlag.

Condition: good. Eighth Printing. 368, wraps, illus., maps, bibliography, index, some wear to cover and spine edges, price stickers on rear cover An exploration of four different military leadership styles (the heroic style of Alexander the Great, the anti-heroic style of the Duke of Wellington, the unheroic style of Ulysses S. Grant, and the false-heroic style of Adolf Hiter) and how they reflect their times. The author believes that a fifth type of leader will emerge in the nuclear age--a post-heroic leader, who acts only after clear, intellectual thought.

Octavo, black cloth & boards (hardcover), gilt letters, 368 pp. Very Good (with light foxing -- age darkened spotting -- to page edges) in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: In this forceful, comprehensive analysis of generals, John Keegan argues that generalship, like warfare itself, is not only an exercise in power or military skill but also a cultural activity that tells us much about a particular era or place. Central to Keegan's theme is the proposition that heroism first appeared as a principle with the rise to conquer. He vivifies this concept through the cogent definition of the careers and styles of four key military figures. Alexander the Great is the primary exemplar of the heroic ethos -- aggressive, invasive, risk-taking -- that dominated warfare until the advent of the modern state. Wellington, whom Keegan identifies as an "anti-her," personifies the conduct of war under constitutional monarchy with its professional military class isolated from political power by an apparatus of established rewards and privileges. Employing a populist touch that made him a master of the people's war, Ulysses S. Grant stands for the consciously "unheroic" generalship appropriate to democracies. The emergence of the total state in the twentieth century turned military leadership back to the heroic principle. Yet the scale of modern warfare and the range of modern weapons preclude exemplary risk-taking, and Adolf Hitler, the fourth leader Keegan examines, depended on simulated heroism and thus becomes an example of the "false heroic." In the nuclear age, the author argues, heroic leadership of any style would certainly destroy civilization. He appeals to modern states to seek and accept post-heroic leaders who will forswear victory as an aim in the management of military power. Military History, Military Leadership, Military Biography. yslic.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Wraps have light wear, spine unbent. Pages are clean, text has no markings. Size: 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Hardcover w/DJ. Condition: Used-Very Good/Used-Very Good. Black & White Photographs (illustrator). First American Edition. New York, NY: Viking. Used-Very Good/Used-Very Good. 1987. First American Edition. Hardcover w/DJ. 8vo., 368 pp. .

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. DJ in archival cover, small tear. Stated first American edition.

HARDCOVER. Condition: NEAR FINE+. Dust Jacket Condition: VERY GOOD+. 1ST EDITION. USA: VIKING, 1987. 1ST EDITION. NEAR FINE+/VERY GOOD+. USA: VIKING, 1987. 1ST EDITION. NEAR FINE+/VERY GOOD+. USA: VIKING, 1987. 1ST EDITION. NEAR FINE+/VERY GOOD+. Viking, USA, 1987, hardcover, First American Edition, NF+ book in a VG+ jacket, not remaindered, bookclub or library, unclipped jacket, unmarked, mylar cover.

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. First Printing. 2019 First Printing. Near Fine Hardback. Rear cover slightly marked. No inscriptions or bookplates. Near Fine slipcase. Slight marks and fading to panels of slipcase. Introduced by Sir Lawrence Freedman. Frontispiece, coloured and monochrome illustrations, and 7 maps in the text; blue cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in silver, red endpapers UK Postage £3.40; Airmail to most of the Rest of the World £30.00. If ordering from overseas, please check any additional tax and import duties payable in your country, which will be additional to the costs given here.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Collector's edition. Still stiff to open bound in full leather with gilt decoration, silk-moire endpapers, all edges gilt, and a ribbon marker still folded as it came from the publisher. About new. Collector's notes laid-in. ; 368 pages.