John Antal

7 Leadership Lessons of D-Day (eBook, ePUB)

Lessons from the Longest Day-June 6, 1944

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"Drawing universal truths from urgent battlefield crises, the author provides a terrific guide and training tool for leaders at all levels" (Ralph Peters, New York Times-bestselling author). The odds were against the Allies on June 6, 1944. The task ahead of the paratroopers who jumped over Normandy and the soldiers who waded ashore onto the beaches, all under fire, was colossal. In such circumstances, good leadership can be the deciding factor of victory or defeat. This book is about the extraordinary leadership of seven men who led American soldiers on D-Day and the days that followed. Some of them, like Eisenhower, Theodore Roosevelt Jr., and Lt. Dick Winters, are well known, while others are barely a footnote in the history books. This book is not a full history of D-Day, nor does it cover the heroic leadership shown by men in the armies of the Allies or members of the French Resistance, who also participated in the Normandy assault and battles for the lodgment areas. It is, however, a primer on how you can lead today, no matter what your occupation or role in life, by learning from the leadership of these seven figures. A critical task for every leader is to understand what leadership is. Socrates once said that you cannot understand something unless you can first define it in your own words. This book provides the reader with the means to define leadership by telling seven dramatic, immersive, and memorable stories that the reader will never forget. "Nobody tells a story better than John Antal and nobody knows better how to root out the lessons of history." -James Jay Carafano, author of Wiki at War

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Casemate
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781612005300
• Artikelnr.: 54000078

Autorenporträt

John Antal is a soldier, military historian, and leadership expert. He served 30 years in the US Army as a combat arms officer, senior staff officer, and commander. He has commanded units from platoon level through regiment and served on corps and multinational staffs. In his post-Army career he has become a video game producer, military consultant and author of thirteen books and hundreds of articles on military and leadership subjects.