American Generalship: Character Is Everything: The Art of CommandRandom House Publishing Group, 2001 M11 30 - 400 pages “What does it take to make a great general or a great leader in any field? . . . An excellent contribution to the study of leadership among those who make life-and-death decisions in the most challenging situations—one that could well serve as required reading in both military and business schools.”—Kirkus Reviews Throughout his life, Edgar F. “Beau” Puryear has studied America’s top military leaders. In his research for this book, he has sought to discover what allowed them to rise above their contemporaries; what prepared them for the terrible responsibilities they bore as the commanders of our armed forces during World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf, and on to today; how they are different from you and me. Ultimately, first and foremost, Dr. Puryear discovered that character is the single most important and the most distinctive element shared by these individuals: that character is everything! “Beau Puryear again reaches into his gold mine of research and comes forward with the essence of great generalship. . . . Well-done and a worthy read.”—General Colin L. Powell “We can always learn more about the importance of character to successful leadership. With this book, we do just that.”—General H. Norman Schwarzkopf |
Contents
Section 1 | 9 |
Section 2 | 14 |
Section 3 | 17 |
Section 4 | 21 |
Section 5 | 26 |
Section 6 | 28 |
Section 7 | 29 |
Section 8 | 30 |
Section 23 | 104 |
Section 24 | 107 |
Section 25 | 121 |
Section 26 | 123 |
Section 27 | 134 |
Section 28 | 137 |
Section 29 | 149 |
Section 30 | 151 |
Section 9 | 31 |
Section 10 | 38 |
Section 11 | 46 |
Section 12 | 48 |
Section 13 | 49 |
Section 14 | 55 |
Section 15 | 57 |
Section 16 | 59 |
Section 17 | 63 |
Section 18 | 69 |
Section 19 | 72 |
Section 20 | 85 |
Section 21 | 87 |
Section 22 | 91 |
Section 31 | 155 |
Section 32 | 165 |
Section 33 | 173 |
Section 34 | 175 |
Section 35 | 197 |
Section 36 | 199 |
Section 37 | 231 |
Section 38 | 237 |
Section 39 | 239 |
Section 40 | 249 |
Section 41 | 253 |
Section 42 | 271 |
Section 43 | 296 |
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American Generalship: Character Is Everything: The Art of Command Edgar Puryear Limited preview - 2010 |
American Generalship: Character Is Everything: The Art of Command Edgar Puryear No preview available - 2001 |
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