Rommel: Leadership Lessons from the Desert Fox (World Generals Series)

Messenger; Charles

ISBN 10: 0230609082 / ISBN 13: 9780230609082

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, USA, 2009

About this Item

In black boards with metallic red lettering on spine, this volume is clean bright tight and sits square. No inscriptions or marks. Not ex-lib. Contains black and white photos. First edition: June 2009. 10 down to 1 on copyright page. Dust jacket has minimal edge wear hence near fine rating. Please examine all seller photos.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rommel: Leadership Lessons from the Desert Fox (World Generals Series)
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, USA
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230609082
• ISBN 13: 9780230609082
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Weight: 349 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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About this title

Synopsis

The first book in the World Generals series chronicles the impressive rise and tragic fall of Hitler's most brilliant military tactician.

Modeled on the acclaimed Great Generals series, which features the strategy and legacy of famous American generals, World Generals broadens the scope to include the world's finest military leaders. Each volume will include a foreword by Wesley K. Clark, and be co-edited by a different foreign general who will write an afterword.

This exciting new series opens with "The Desert Fox," the most famous German field marshall in World War II, Erwin Rommel. A hero of the people of the Third Reich and widely respected by his opponents, Rommel proved himself highly adept at Blitzkrieg warfare. Both in France and North Africa he consistently outwitted his adversaries through his ability to sense the weak spot in his enemy's deployment and the pace at which he conducted his operations. Rommel's serious wounding in France came just three days before the aborted attempt on Hitler's life. Rommel subsequently came under suspicion of being involved in the plot and, under pressure, he committed suicide. Rommel displayed an outstanding ability to seize the initiative and retain it, and here, Charles Messenger draws on the skills behind this ability for the benefit of modern day leaders.

About the Authors

Charles Messenger served for twenty years as an officer in the Royal Tank Regiment before becoming a fulltime military historian and defense analyst. He is the author of nearly forty books, including The Blitzkrieg Story. He lives in London, England.

General Wesley K. Clark served in the United States Army for thirty-four years and rose to the rank of four-star general as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, Europe. He is author of the best selling books Waging Modern War and Winning Modern Wars. He lives in Little Rock, Arkansas.