Leadership in War: Lessons from Those Who Made History. First Printing. Signed by the Author

Roberts, Andrew

ISBN 10: 024133599X / ISBN 13: 9780241335994

Published by London. Allen Lane/Penguin, 2019

About this Item

London. Allen Lane/Penguin. 2019. First Edition/First Printing. (001 on copyright page under First Published 2019). Hard Cover. Dark grey boards with black titles to spine. Both book and dust wrapper are new. Flat signed by the author without dedication to the title page. The eminent historian has chapters on Napoleon, Nelson, Churchill, Hitler, Stalin, George C. Marshall, De Gaulle, Eisenhower and Thatcher . There is a final chapter on the Leadership Paradigm.

Seller Inventory # FEB06.22009

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Leadership in War: Lessons from Those Who Made History. First Printing. Signed by the Author
• Publisher: London. Allen Lane/Penguin
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 024133599X
• ISBN 13: 9780241335994
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Taking us from the French Revolution to the Cold War and the Falklands, celebrated historian Andrew Roberts presents us with a bracingly honest and insightful look at nine major figures in modern history: Napoleon Bonaparte, Horatio Nelson, Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, George C. Marshall, Charles de Gaulle, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Margaret Thatcher.

Each of these leaders fundamentally shaped the outcome of the war their nation was embroiled in. How were they alike, and in what ways did they differ? Was their war leadership unique, or did these leaders have something in common, traits and techniques that transcend time and place and can be applied to the fundamental nature of conflict?

Meticulously researched and compellingly written, Leadership in War presents readers with fresh, complex portraits of leaders who approached war with different tactics and different weapons, but with the common goal of success in the face of battle. Both inspiring and cautionary, these portraits offer important lessons on leadership in times of struggle. With his trademark verve and incisive observation, Roberts reveals the qualities that doom even the most promising leaders to failure, and the qualities that lead to victory.

About the Author

Andrew Roberts is a biographer and historian of international renown whose books include Salisbury: Victorian Titan (winner of the Wolfson Prize for History), Masters and Commanders (winner of the Emery Reves Award), The Storm of War (winner of the British Army Book Prize), Napoleon the Great (winner of the Grand Prix of the Fondation Napoléon and the Los Angeles Times Biography Prize) and Leadership in War. His Churchill: Walking with Destiny (2018) was acclaimed as 'undoubtedly the best single-volume life of Churchill ever written' (Sunday Times) and was a major bestseller in UK and USA. Roberts is a Fellow of the Royal Societies of Literature and the Royal Historical Society, and a Trustee of the International Churchill Society. He is currently Visiting Professor at the Department of War Studies at King's College, London, and the Roger and Martha Mertz Visiting Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. His website is www.andrew-roberts.net.