
Supreme Command
Soldiers, Statesmen, and Leadership in Wartime
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Narrated by:
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Simon Vance
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By:
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Eliot A. Cohen
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 Cohen examines four great democratic war statesmen—Abraham Lincoln, Georges Clemenceau, Winston Churchill, and David Ben-Gurion—to reveal the surprising answer—the politicians. The generals may think they know how to win, but the statesmen are the ones who see the big picture. The lessons of the book apply not just to President Bush and other world leaders, but to anyone who faces extreme adversity at the head of a free organization, including leaders and managers throughout the corporate world.
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Narration pathetic like many others
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Interesting study of political leaders in war
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Dated material
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Different Eyes on history
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Leadership
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Very in-depth coverage of methods and habits of four diverse and famous national wartime leaders. The comparisons and contrasts carry important lessons for students of national strategy. Additional comparisons with the Vietnam and Gulf Wars added value.
The reader's natural British voice was easily understood, with precise diction and enunciation. However, whenever the author used a quote from a foreign source, the reader chose to effect a contrived, fatuous, even ridiculous phony accent. Maybe he needed to show off his ability to seem ludicrous in many languages, but the pure silliness of it all was a huge distraction. He even faked a different British accent when the subject being quoted was another Briton. Most egregious was his inane imitation of Winston Churchill. I really could have done without this whole put-on.
Good book, silly reading
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