Great military leaders biography
- Discover the best books in Amazon Best Sellers.
- From commanding generals to valiant fighters who risked their lives for others' freedom and justice, these bios celebrate individuals of incredible courage.
- This authoritative and magnificentlyl illustrated book examines the entire history of the war through the eyes of the leading protagonists.
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Biographies About
Military Leaders & War Heroes
From commanding generals to valiant fighters who risked their lives for others’ freedom and justice,
these bios celebrate individuals of incredible courage and conviction.
The Dead Drink First
- By: Dale Maharidge
- Narrated by: Dale Maharidge
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
- Original Recording
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Dale Maharidge’s father, like many World War II veterans, never talked about “the good war”. But the behind closed doors of their working class, Midwestern life, even the most mundane moments could trigger his father’s violent episodes, exposing his untreated trauma from combat....
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read it even if it's not your usual genre
- By Kindle Customer on 06-07-19
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Commanders: History's Greatest Military Leaders
From Alexander the Great's conquest of the known world to the generals leading today's campaigns in Afghanistan, Commanders casts new light on the leaders who have forged history on the battlefield. Focusing on the greatest leaders in naval, field, and aerial warfare, such as Julius Caesar, Napoleon, and Horatio Nelson, the book gives an at-a-glance overview of each commander's life, provides a timeline, key data, and a psychological profile outlining the commander's strengths and weaknesses. Commanders also follows great leaders from outside the Western tradition, including the great Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Native American, and African leaders, explaining who fought whom and why.
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Editor’s note: Welcome to another installment of our weekly War Books series! The premise is simple and straightforward. We ask an expert on a particular subject to recommend five books on that topic and tell us what sets each one apart. War Books is a resource for MWI readers who want to learn more about important subjects related to modern war and are looking for books to add to their reading lists.
For this edition, we’re returning to a popular entry first published in 2019. Joe Byerly introduces readers to five commanders military professionals should study, explains the unique value of studying each, and recommends books on each commander for your reading list.
When we begin our military careers we have choices when it comes to how we’ll develop our leadership abilities. We can, for example, go through our careers stumbling through leadership as we figure it out along the way. The problem with this approach is that we only get the privilege of command for short windows of time, and by the time we start making headway it’s time to move on. Or, we could emulate those lea