Mask of Command

<b>John Keegan's brilliant look at the meaning of leadership<br></b><p> </p><p>In The Mask of Command John Keegan asks us to consider questions that are seldom asked: What is the definition of leadership? What makes a great military leader? Why is it that men indeed sometimes entire nations follow a single leader often to victory but with equal dedication also to defeat? <p/>Dozens of names come to mind...Napoleon Lee Charlemagne Hannibal Castro Hussein. From a wide array Keegan chooses four commanders who profoundly influenced the course of history: Alexander the Great the Duke of Wellington Ulysses S. Grant and Adolph Hitler. All powerful leaders each cast in a different mold each with diverse results. <p/><i>The Mask of Command</i> is a companion volume to John Keegan's classic study of the individual soldier <i>The Face of Battle</i> together they form a masterpiece of military and human history.</p><p> <p/><br></p>