{"product_id":"the-mask-of-command-9780140114065","title":"The Mask of Command","description":"\u003cb\u003eJohn Keegan's brilliant look at the meaning of leadership\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Mask of Command, John Keegan asks us to consider questions that are seldom asked: What is the definition of leadership? What makes a great military leader? Why is it that men, indeed sometimes entire nations, follow a single leader, often to victory, but with equal dedication also to defeat? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDozens of names come to mind...Napoleon, Lee, Charlemagne, Hannibal, Castro, Hussein. From a wide array, Keegan chooses four commanders who profoundly influenced the course of history: Alexander the Great, the Duke of Wellington, Ulysses S. Grant and Adolph Hitler. All powerful leaders, each cast in a different mold, each with diverse results. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mask of Command\u003c\/i\u003e is a companion volume to John Keegan's classic study of the individual soldier, \u003ci\u003eThe Face of Battle\u003c\/i\u003e together they form a masterpiece of military and human history.\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSir John Desmond Patrick Keegan (\u003c\/b\u003e1934-2012), was one of the most distinguished contemporary military historians and was for many years the senior lecturer at Sandhurst (the British Royal Military Academy) and the defense editor of the \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e (London). Keegan was the author of numerous books including \u003ci\u003eThe Face of Battle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Mask of Command\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Price of Admiralty\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Six Armies in Normandy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Second World War\u003c\/i\u003e, and was a fellow at the Royal Society of Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50727759315218,"sku":"9780140114065","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_07dd0d0b-36c0-4fdd-b21a-9c0abec5cf5b.jpg?v=1734921401","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-mask-of-command-9780140114065","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}