Leadership
Subtitle: combat leaders and lessons
By: editors, James L. Abrahamson and Andrew P. O'Meara, Jr
Publisher: Stand Up America, USA
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Bigfork, Mont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
ISBN-13: 9780615255781; 9780615255743
Subjects: Armed Forces; Leadership; Command of troops; Forces armées; Commandement des troupes
Description: Essays written by the class of 1959 to the class of 2009 imparting fifty years worth of lessons learned through experience.
Notes: "Essays by members of the class of 1959 United States Military Academy"--Cover
Table of contents: title: One: Inspirational Leaders from our Past; title: The Meaning of Responsibility / Colonel Andrew P.O'Meara, Jr.; title: Grant's Drive to Richmond / Sergeant Michael J. Faber; title: The Savage Wars of Peace / Colonel James L. Abrahamson; title: Inspirational Leadership in the Trenches / Colonel James L. Abrahamson; title: Genius and the Art of War / Andrew P. O'Meara, Jr.; title: Two: Vietnam Advisory Campaigns; title: Greater Love Hath No Man / James L. Abrahamson; title: Leadership by Example / Andrew P. O'Meara, Jr. Treachery / Andrew P. O'Meara, Jr.; title: Three: American Military Campaigns in Vietnam; title: Leadership along the "Street Without Joy" / Major General Nicholas Krawciw; title: 25 August 1966 / Brigadier General William J. Mullen III; title: Leadership under Fire / Major General John S. Grinalds; title: Unsung Victories of American Airman / Colonel Andrew P. O'Meara, Jr.; title: Mentoring Responsible Leaders / Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel F. Colby; title: A Failure of Courage / Colonel Alan B. Phillips; title: Facing Hatred on the Home Front / Andrew P. O'Meara; title: A Problem of Loyalty / Lieutenant Colonel WIlliam L. Schwartz; title: Rebuilding a Vital Combat Service Support Unit / Colonel Donald R. Reinhard; title: Relief for Cowardice / Colonel Barrett S. Haight; title: Four: Challenges on the Frontiers of Freedom; title: Reflections on the Yom Kippur War / Major General Nicholas Krawciw; title: Your Courage to Act with Integrity May have a Major Impact; title: On you! / Major General William A. Cohen; title: Surviving a Bad Command / Colonel Andrew P. O'Meara; title: Sink or Swim / Brigadier General WIlliam J. Mullen III; title: A Double Cold War Challenge / Major James C. Corr; title: Five: The Post Cold War Struggle for Peace; title: Eldorado Canyon: The Story of the Libyan Raid / LIeutenant General Thomas L. McInerney; title: A Commander's Perspective / General Frederick M. Franks, Jr.