Military Leadership in the British Civil Wars, 1642-1651: 'The Genius of this Age'McGraw Hill Professional, 31.05.2004 - 240 Seiten Despite the wealth of British Civil Wars studies, little work addresses the nature of military leadership effectiveness in terms of the eventual result -parliamentary victory. It is no longer sufficient to credit religion, economics, localism or constitutional concepts for the outcome without considering the role of effective military leadership. The study of human conflict illustrates a simple, immutable truth -the finest, most inspired or motivated, well-trained, disciplined or experienced force is quite like a modern cruise missile. Without effective guidance, it is no more than a collection of very expensive parts. For the general military history reader, the work provides a concise strategic and operational narrative of the British Civil Wars of 1642-51 in northern England and Scotland. For historians, it offers an additional causative explanation for ultimate parliamentary victory. As a study of effective military leadership, it proposes, through a case study analysis based on a framework of characteristics and behavior of specific commanders from the wildly successful to the abysmal failure, a model of effective military leadership for present and successive generations of military, naval and air officers at all levels of command. |
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... regiment diamond pattern. Typically, one regiment formed a complete component part of a tercio and had a frontage of approximately fifty men across with a depth of thirty. Although the tercio formations lacked mobility and flexibility ...
... regiment diamond pattern. Typically, one regiment formed a complete component part of a tercio and had a frontage of approximately fifty men across with a depth of thirty. Although the tercio formations lacked mobility and flexibility ...
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... regiment had a strong claim to a vacancy as major, an officer from a different unit could be appointed based on proven performance. Vacancies at the senior level remained low during the final stages of the First Civil War. In the horse ...
... regiment had a strong claim to a vacancy as major, an officer from a different unit could be appointed based on proven performance. Vacancies at the senior level remained low during the final stages of the First Civil War. In the horse ...
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... regiments of horse and seven of foot composed of 10,000 men (20 June 1645). Lambert received the colonelcy of a horse regiment, which remained in service throughout the Civil Wars and Interregnum (incorporated into the New Model Army ...
... regiments of horse and seven of foot composed of 10,000 men (20 June 1645). Lambert received the colonelcy of a horse regiment, which remained in service throughout the Civil Wars and Interregnum (incorporated into the New Model Army ...
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Military Leadership in the British Civil Wars, 1642-1651: 'The Genius of ... Stanley D.M. Carpenter Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2004 |
Military Leadership in the British Civil Wars, 1642-1651: 'The Genius of ... Stanley D.M. Carpenter Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2004 |
Military Leadership in the British Civil Wars, 1642-1651: "the Genius of ... Stanley D. M. Carpenter Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2005 |
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