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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... strategic authority (e.g. Napoleon and other monarchs) to physically command field forces, essentially limited broad strategic planning. But, as van Creveld argues, the strategic level of war has always existed whether recognized as ...
... strategic authority (e.g. Napoleon and other monarchs) to physically command field forces, essentially limited broad strategic planning. But, as van Creveld argues, the strategic level of war has always existed whether recognized as ...
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... strategic options remained limited; however, his failure to eliminate the much weaker parliamentary force between his arrival in November and that of the queen undercut his best chance to accomplish the first goal of the northern royal ...
... strategic options remained limited; however, his failure to eliminate the much weaker parliamentary force between his arrival in November and that of the queen undercut his best chance to accomplish the first goal of the northern royal ...
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... strategic initiative back to the parliamentarians by early 1644. In this regard, his strategic vision proved remarkably short-sighted. Gentles remarks that the newly created marquis 'was deficient in strategic consciousness', a ...
... strategic initiative back to the parliamentarians by early 1644. In this regard, his strategic vision proved remarkably short-sighted. Gentles remarks that the newly created marquis 'was deficient in strategic consciousness', a ...
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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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