The People, the Army, the Commander
Author: Mitrofan Pavlovich Skirdo
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 188
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Mitrofan Pavlovich Skirdo
Publisher:
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 188
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Mitrofan Pavlovich Skirdo
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 188
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: M. P. Skirdo (Colonel)
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 166
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Christopher Richard Gabel
Publisher: US Army Combined Arms Center
Published: 2012-01-01
Total Pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9780985587970
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"This volume is not a study of the 'greatest' commanders; rather, it is an examination of commanders who should be considered great. The seven leaders examined, in various domains of ground, sea, and air, each in their own way successfully addressed the challenges of military endeavor in their time and changed the world in which they lived"--Foreword.
Author: Richard Moody Swain
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780160937583
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In 1950, when he commissioned the first edition of The Armed Forces Officer, Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall told its author, S.L.A. Marshall, that "American military officers, of whatever service, should share common ground ethically and morally." In this new edition, the authors methodically explore that common ground, reflecting on the basics of the Profession of Arms, and the officer's special place and distinctive obligations within that profession and especially to the Constitution.
Author: Eliot A. Cohen
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2012-04-17
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 074324222X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →“An excellent, vividly written” (The Washington Post) account of leadership in wartime that explores how four great democratic statesmen—Abraham Lincoln, Georges Clemenceau, Winston Churchill, and David Ben-Gurion—worked with the military leaders who served them during warfare. The relationship between military leaders and political leaders has always been a complicated one, especially in times of war. When the chips are down, who should run the show—the politicians or the generals? In Supreme Command, Eliot A. Cohen expertly argues that great statesmen do not turn their wars over to their generals, and then stay out of their way. Great statesmen make better generals of their generals. They question and drive their military men, and at key times they overrule their advice. The generals may think they know how to win, but the statesmen are the ones who see the big picture. Abraham Lincoln, Georges Clemenceau, Winston Churchill, and David Ben-Gurion led four very different kinds of democracy, under the most difficult circumstances imaginable. They came from four very different backgrounds—backwoods lawyer, dueling French doctor, rogue aristocrat, and impoverished Jewish socialist. Yet they faced similar challenges. Each exhibited mastery of detail and fascination with technology. All four were great learners, who studied war as if it were their own profession, and in many ways mastered it as well as did their generals. All found themselves locked in conflict with military men. All four triumphed. The powerful lessons of this “brilliant” (National Review) book will touch and inspire anyone who faces intense adversity and is the perfect gift for history buffs of all backgrounds.
Author: Oscar W. Koch
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
Published: 1999-01
Total Pages: 165
ISBN-13: 9780764308000
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The enigmatic science of military intelligence is examined in this personal record, written by Brig.Gen. Oscar W. Koch, who served during World War II as chief of intelligence for General George S. Patton, Jr., one of the most colorful military leaders in American history. General Koch traces the growth and development of the infant science through detailed accounts of the intelligence role in some of the most celebrated battles of the war, and through his personal remembrances of Patton and his relationships with members of his intelligence staff. His story moves from the African campaign through Sicily, into France on D-Day and on to the Battle of the Bulge, pointing out how the work of the intelligence staff made the differences in the final reckoning. General Kochs book is more than a historical study, however. It is the exciting story of the operations behind the cloak and dagger illusions.