Foreword |
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Foreword to the First Edition |
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General Barry R. McCaffrey |
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Editor's Preface |
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Editor's Preface to the First Edition |
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Acknowledgments |
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Introduction |
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Section I Ancient and Modern Concepts of Leadership |
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Chapter One What Is Leadership? Some Classical Ideas |
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Chapter Two Teaching Combat Leadership at West Point: Closing the Gap between Expectation and Experience |
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Chapter Three Leadership, Versatility, and All That Jazz |
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Chapter Four Living on the Edge: Building Cohesion and the Will to Win |
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Chapter Five Discipline: Creating the Foundation for an Initiative-Based Organization |
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Section II Historical Case Studies |
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Chapter Six Alexander the Great: A Study in Character, Vision, and Perception |
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Chapter Seven Calculation and Circumstance: The Leadership of Frederick the Great |
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Chapter Eight Hard Knocks, Hubris, and Dogma: Leader Competence in the American Expeditionary Forces |
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Chapter Nine Heroism under Fire: American Combat Experiences in World War II |
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Chapter Ten Culture of Confidence: The Tactical `Excellence of the German Army of the Second World War' |
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Chapter Eleven Leadership, Technology, and the Ethics of Total War: Curtis E. LeMay and the Fire Bombing of Japan |
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Chapter Twelve Soviet Operational Art: The Theory and Practice of Initiative 1917--1945 |
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Section III Contemporary Experiences and Reflections on Leadership |
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Chapter Thirteen Twenty-First-Century Leadership: The Broadened Attributes of a Soldier |
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Chapter Fourteen Charisma |
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224 | (15) |
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Chapter Fifteen Looking Up: Leadership from a Follower's Perspective |
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239 | (9) |
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Chapter Sixteen The Battle of Oom Chalouba: The Leader's Role in Preparing Units for the Physical Demands of Combat |
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248 | (16) |
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Chapter Seventeen Battle-Focused Training |
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264 | (9) |
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Chapter Eighteen The Renaissance Force: Selecting Soldiers and Forging Teams for Special Operations |
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273 | (15) |
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Chapter Nineteen Unleashing Human Potential: The Leader's Role in Creating the Climate for High-Performing Organizations |
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288 | (15) |
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Chapter Twenty Developing Operational Leaders Who Happen to Be Women |
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303 | (26) |
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Chapter Twenty-One How Harassment, Assault, and Hazing Damage Cohesion and Readiness |
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329 | (13) |
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Chapter Twenty-Two Eight Leadership Lessons We Learned in Combat |
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Notes |
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Index |
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About the Authors |
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