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The Art of Command: Military Leadership from George Washington to Colin Powell.

Publication: Air Power History
Publication Date: 22-SEP-09 		Format: Online
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Full Article Title: The Art of Command: Military Leadership from George Washington to Colin Powell.(Book review)

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The Art of Command: Military Leadership from George Washington to Colin Powell. By Harry S. Laver and Jeffery J. Matthews, Eds. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2008. Maps. Tables. Diagrams. Illustrations. Photographs. Notes. Appendices. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xv, 270. $32.50 ISBN: 0-8131-2513-8

The title is catchy and certainly caught my attention, but the end product was disappointing. The editors chose nine leadership qualities they consider to be central to effective American military leadership. Enumerations such as twelve steps, nine principles of war, and the five paragraphs of a field order are good aides memoire...

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