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General George S. Patton and the Art of Leadership
One of America’s Greatest Ever Generals
Inbunden, 2025
274 kr
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For General George S. Patton, “Leadership is the thing that wins battles. I have it—but I’ll be damned if I can define it. Probably it consists in knowing what you want to do and then doing it and getting mad if anyone steps in the way. Self-confidence and leadership are twin brothers.”Indeed, …
Coalitions Against Napoleon
How British Money, Manufacturing and Military Power Forged the Alliances that Achieved Victory
E-bok, 2023
214 kr
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A study of how Great Britain forged alliances to help defeat Napoleon.Britain alone could not hope to defeat the might of Napoleonic France which, through enforced conscription, had become a nation in arms. But British leaders had a long history of forging alliances to counter their rivals and when …
Napoleon and the Art of Leadership
How a Flawed Genius Changed the History of Europe and the World
Inbunden, 2021
334 kr
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No one in history has provoked more controversy than Napoleon Bonaparte. Was he an enlightened ruler or brutal tyrant? Was he an insatiable warmonger or a defender of France against the aggression of the other great powers. Was he kind or cruel, farsighted or blinkered, a sophisticate or a …
Winston Churchill and the Art of Leadership
How Winston Changed the World
Häftad, 2028
181 kr
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Many indeed, are the biographies of Winston Churchill, one of the most influential figures of the twentieth century. But what was that influence and how did he use it in the furtherance of his and his country's ambitions? For the first time, Professor William Nestor has delved into the life and …
Joseph Stalin and the Art of Tyranny
One of History’s Most Feared Dictators
Inbunden, 2025
280 kr
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Joseph Stalin and the Art of Tyranny examines authoritarian rule, revealing how tyrants sustain power through a mix of comfort, terror, love, and fear, often convincing their subjects of their divine purpose. Such leaders build systems of loyalists and subservient institutions, enabling unchecked …
"Haughty Conquerors"
Amherst and the Great Indian Uprising of 1763
Inbunden, 2000
1098 kr
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During 1763 and 1764, a loose coalition of Native American tribes ranging from the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River and from the Ohio Valley to the Great Lakes revolted against the oppression and neglect of their newly installed British masters. This Great Uprising ranks among the …
First Global War
Britain, France, and the Fate of North America, 1756-1775
Inbunden, 2000
1098 kr
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By 1756 the wilderness war for control of North America that erupted two years earlier between France and England had expanded into a global struggle among all of Europe's Great Powers. Its land and sea battles raged across the North American continent, engulfed Europe and India, and stretched from …
Great Frontier War
Britain, France, and the Imperial Struggle for North America, 1607-1755
Inbunden, 2000
1098 kr
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For more than a century and a half, from 1607 to 1763, Britain and France struggled to master the eastern half of North America. They fought five blood-soaked wars and continuously provoked various Indian tribes to raise arms against each other's subjects for the mastery of the land. The last …
Great Frontier War
Britain, France, and the Imperial Struggle for North America, 1607-1755
E-bok, 2000
1204 kr
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For more than a century and a half, from 1607 to 1763, Britain and France struggled to master the eastern half of North America. They fought five blood-soaked wars and continuously provoked various Indian tribes to raise arms against each other's subjects for the mastery of the land. The last …
Haughty Conquerors
Amherst and the Great Indian Uprising of 1763
E-bok, 2000
1204 kr
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During 1763 and 1764, a loose coalition of Native American tribes ranging from the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River and from the Ohio Valley to the Great Lakes revolted against the oppression and neglect of their newly installed British masters. This Great Uprising ranks among the …
First Global War
Britain, France, and the Fate of North America, 1756-1775
E-bok, 2000
1204 kr
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By 1756 the wilderness war for control of North America that erupted two years earlier between France and England had expanded into a global struggle among all of Europe's Great Powers. Its land and sea battles raged across the North American continent, engulfed Europe and India, and stretched from …
Land of War
A History of European Warfare from Achilles to Putin
Inbunden, 2023
450 kr
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War in Europe began with the first human migrants. Rival bands fought for thousands of years before the Greeks and Romans began writing about their military history, first as legend—for instance, the hero Achilles battling the Trojans—and then as fact. War developed from sticks and stones to …
Land of War
A History of European Warfare from Achilles to Putin
E-bok, 2023
453 kr
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War in Europe began with the first human migrants. Rival bands fought for thousands of years before the Greeks and Romans began writing about their military history, first as legend—for instance, the hero Achilles battling the Trojans—and then as fact. War developed from sticks and stones to …
World of War
A History of American Warfare from Jamestown to the War on Terror
Inbunden, 2024
450 kr
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World of War
A History of American Warfare from Jamestown to the War on Terror
E-bok, 2024
453 kr
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World of War is an epic journey through America’s array of wars for diverse reasons with diverse results over the course of its existence. It reveals the crucial effects of brilliant, mediocre, and dismal military and civilian leaders; the dynamic among America’s expanding economic power, changing …
Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Art of Leadership
Battling the Great Depression and the Axis Powers
Inbunden, 2024
288 kr
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After their independence and civil wars, Americans never faced a greater threat than the sixteen years of global depression followed by global war from 1929 to 1945\. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the president for the last dozen of those years, during which he led the nation first to alleviate the …
Epic History of the American West
From the First Peoples to the Present
Inbunden, 2025
271 kr
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The American West evokes powerful imagery—warriors on horseback, cowboys in saloons, and pioneers in wagons heading westward. It symbolizes freedom, reinvention, and the American Dream. However, this idealized image obscures the complex, often violent history of the West, which is as unjust as it …
Adolf Hitler and the Art of Tyranny
Nazi Germany’s Infamous Leader
Inbunden, 2026
288 kr
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Adolf Hitler may be history’s most notorious tyrant. Surely no one’s name is more often evoked to epitomize evil and the deliberate infliction of suffering on vulnerable individuals and groups?Through exceptional will and luck Hitler struggled up through the ranks of political power until he became …
Benito Mussolini and the Art of Tyranny
Fascist Italy’s Infamous Dictator
Inbunden, 2026
288 kr
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The art of tyranny involves aspirants taking and keeping uninhibited, arbitrary power over others. Benito Mussolini is among the world’s most recognizable tyrants with his scowl, jutting jaw, bald dome, booming voice, chopping fists, squat body, and wide stance. He founded the Fascist movement …
Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Art of Leadership
A New Look at the General and President
Inbunden, 2026
288 kr
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Dwight D. Eisenhower was an excellent leader by virtually every measure. Yet by that same measure, excellent political, business, scientific, philanthropic, educational, cultural, and military leaders crowd four centuries of American history. What makes Eisenhower nearly unique is that he …
George Washington And The Art Of Leadership
A New Look at the General and President
Inbunden, 2027
280 kr
Kommande
Excellent leaders display an array of common traits. They epitomize courage, intelligence, knowledge, decisiveness, honesty, flexibility, confidence, discipline, empathy, toughness, sensitivity, realism, and justice. They understand psychology, especially what can motivate others to do things that …
Coalitions against Napoleon
How British Money, Manufacturing and Military Power Forged the Alliances that Achieved Victory
Inbunden, 2023
280 kr
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Britain alone could not hope to defeat the might of Napoleonic France which, through enforced conscription, had become a nation in arms. But British leaders had a long history of forging alliances to counter their rivals and when revolution ravaged France in 1793 and a lev e en masse raised a huge …
Coalitions Against Napoleon
How British Money, Manufacturing and Military Power Forged the Alliances that Achieved Victory
E-bok, 2023
221 kr
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Britain alone could not hope to defeat the might of Napoleonic France which, through enforced conscription, had become a nation in arms. But British leaders had a long history of forging alliances to counter their rivals and when revolution ravaged France in 1793 and a levée en masse raised a huge …
America's Unending Civil War
The Enduring Conflict from Jamestown through to Recent Elections
Inbunden, 2024
430 kr
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The Civil War fascinates Americans like no other war in their history. Many Americans are still fighting some of the war's issues in an Odyssey that stretches back to the first settlement and will persist until the end of time. The war itself was an Iliad of brilliant generals like Grant, Sherman, …
Putin's Virtual War
Russia's Subversion and Conversion of America, Europe and the World Beyond
Inbunden, 2019
364 kr
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With his elfin poker face, receding short golden hair, diminutive but muscular body, and stiff clipped gait, Vladimir Putin is among the world's most recognizable leaders. He has tightly ruled Russia since 31 December 1999, and will firmly assert power from the Kremlin for the foreseeable future. …
Britain's Rise to Global Superpower in the Age of Napoleon
E-bok, 2020
162 kr
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The first study to explore all Britain''s key land and sea campaigns from 179–1815 and the two military geniuses who vanquished France.The art of power consists of getting what one wants. That is never more challenging than when a nation is at war. Britain fought a nearly nonstop war against first …
Britain's Rise to Global Superpower in the Age of Napoleon
E-bok, 2020
162 kr
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The first study to explore all Britain''s key land and sea campaigns from 179–1815 and the two military geniuses who vanquished France.The art of power consists of getting what one wants. That is never more challenging than when a nation is at war. Britain fought a nearly nonstop war against first …
Winston Churchill and the Art of Leadership
How Winston Changed the World
E-bok, 2020
106 kr
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A unique biography that explores how Churchill viewed, pursued, and used power, by the award-winning author of Napoleon and the Art of Diplomacy.Many indeed, are the biographies of Winston Churchill, one of the most influential figures of the twentieth century. But what was that influence and how …
Winston Churchill and the Art of Leadership
How Winston Changed the World
E-bok, 2020
106 kr
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A unique biography that explores how Churchill viewed, pursued, and used power, by the award-winning author of Napoleon and the Art of Diplomacy.Many indeed, are the biographies of Winston Churchill, one of the most influential figures of the twentieth century. But what was that influence and how …
Napoleon and the Art of Leadership
How a Flawed Genius Changed the History of Europe and the World
E-bok, 2021
153 kr
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This deep dive into the mind of the complex, controversial political and military leader is "a great addition to the field of Napoleonics" (Journal of Military History).No historical figure has provoked more controversy than Napoleon Bonaparte. Was he an enlightened ruler or brutal tyrant? An …
