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Title: Thoughtful and enjoyable...
Review: John Keegan is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors, and with good reason. "History of Warfare" and "The First World War" were tremendous books, with fantastic research and probably the best writing I've read from many a history writer (it's fluid, concise with only the occassional straying, and precise).This book details what Keegan considers to be the four major styles of leadership, using Alexander the Great to personify Heroic Leadership, the Duke of Wellington as the Anti-Hero, Ulysses S. Grant as the Un-Hero and Adolph Hitler as the False Hero.The history is very well researched, and the discussion very interesting. The most fun for history buffs lies in arguing with Keegan and his choices, though in the end, I find his choices were as good as any I could come up with.Highly reccommended.
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