GREAT BRITISH COMMANDERS: Leadership, Strategy and Luck

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Analyzes 34 British commanders, from Boudica to Bomber Harris, reflecting on their personal stories. Short biographical essays cover a sweep of British history from the epic story of Queen Boudica in Roman Britain, to the generals, admirals, and air marshals of WWII. Their styles of leadership and their strategies -- or in some cases lack of -- are examined as they throw themselves on fortune. Covers a variety of commanders, such as King Alfred, William the Conqueror, Henry V, Cromwell, Marlborough, Wellington, Walter Raleigh, Sir John Moore, General John Gort, Lady Aethelflaid of Mercia, the Empress Matilda, Sir William Marshal, and Cuthbert Collingwood. Contains eight black and white illustrations.