Strategists
Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt, Mussolini and Hitler – How War Made Them, And How They Made War
By Phillips Payson O'Brien | Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
About the book
'Entirely fresh, brilliantly insightful and utterly compelling ' James Holland
Churchill. Hitler. Stalin. Mussolini. Roosevelt. Five of the most impactful leaders of WW2, each with their own individualistic and idiosyncratic approach to warfare. But if we want to understand their military strategy, we must first understand the strategist.
In THE STRATEGISTS, Professor Phillips Payson O'Brien shows how the views these five leaders forged in WW1 are crucial to understanding how they fought WW2. For example, Churchill's experiences of facing the German Army in France in 1916 made him unwilling to send masses of British soldiers back there in the 1940s, while Hitler's mistakes on the Eastern Front were influenced by his reluctance to accept that conditions had changed since his own time fighting.
The implications of the power of leaders remain with us to this day: to truly understand what is happening in Ukraine, for example, requires us to know what has influenced the leaders involved.
This is a history in which leaders – and their choices – matter. For better or worse.
Editions of Strategists
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780241696323
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780241696330
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781405966597
- EBook
- ISBN 9781405966603
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'Entirely fresh, brilliantly insightful and utterly compelling ' James Holland
Churchill. Hitler. Stalin. Mussolini. Roosevelt. Five of the most impactful leaders of WW2, each with their own individualistic and idiosyncratic approach to warfare. But if we want to understand their military strategy, we must first understand the strategist.
In THE STRATEGISTS, Professor Phillips Payson O'Brien shows how the views these five leaders forged in WW1 are crucial to understanding how they fought WW2. For example, Churchill's experiences of facing the German Army in France in 1916 made him unwilling to send masses of British soldiers back there in the 1940s, while Hitler's mistakes on the Eastern Front were influenced by his reluctance to accept that conditions had changed since his own time fighting.
The implications of the power of leaders remain with us to this day: to truly understand what is happening in Ukraine, for example, requires us to know what has influenced the leaders involved.
This is a history in which leaders – and their choices – matter. For better or worse.
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What is Strategists about?
'Entirely fresh, brilliantly insightful and utterly compelling ' James Holland
Churchill. Hitler. Stalin. Mussolini. Roosevelt. Five of the most impactful leaders of WW2, each with their own individualistic and idiosyncratic approach to warfare. But if we want to understand their military strategy, we must first understand the strategist.
In THE STRATEGISTS, Professor Phillips Payson O'Brien shows how the views these five leaders forged in WW1 are crucial to understanding how they fought WW2. For example, Churchill's experiences of facing the German Army in France in 1916 made him unwilling to send masses of British soldiers back there in the 1940s, while Hitler's mistakes on the Eastern Front were influenced by his reluctance to accept that conditions had changed since his own time fighting.
The implications of the power of leaders remain with us to this day: to truly understand what is happening in Ukraine, for example, requires us to know what has influenced the leaders involved.
This is a history in which leaders – and their choices – matter. For better or worse.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Strategists?
Society and Social Sciences > Warfare and defence > Military and defence strategy
Where can I read a sample of Strategists?
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Who is/are the Author/s of the book Strategists?
Phillips Payson O'Brien
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Strategists is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780241696323) and paperback(ISBN 9780241696330) and paperback(ISBN 9781405966597) and ebook(ISBN 9781405966603)
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