Does the Leadership Style and Command Method of General Sir John Monash Remain Relevant to the Contemporary Commander?

<p>Leadership is an art and many leadership attributes remain timeless; this study of a successful leader is significant because it provides an insight to a leader that has led and commanded before us and identifies how he mastered the art of leadership. General Sir John Monash remains one of the most highly regarded officers to have emerged from the First World War. While his achievements are extraordinary this study will provide greater detail on how a forty-nine year old newly promoted militia Colonel would within the next five years attain the highest operational command available to an Australian on the Western Front command of the Australian Corps. General Monash was appointed command of the Australian Corps yet he was not a product of the Australian or Imperial military education system as were his professional military colleagues. He could be considered a Civil Engineer with a military hobby. This study will identify the sources of General Monash's leadership style and method of command assess if in fact he did accelerate the conclusion of the First World War through his new tactics and does his leadership style and method of command provide a relevant example to contemporary commanders?</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p><br>