books about: commander-in-chief

books about: commander-in-chief

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Commander in Chief: How Truman, Johnson, and Bush Turned a Presidential Power into a Threat to America's ...

Geoffrey Perret

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008

Excellent book
Perret does a fine job of showing how the war powers of congress have been gradually eroded to the point where the president may take the country to war at whim and not be held accountable. He shows how the trend actually began with Truman and continued with a the ...

Presidents at War: From Truman to Bush, The Gathering of Military Powers To Our Commanders in Chief

Gerald Astor

Wiley, 2006

Concentrates on Undeclared Wars
This book should really be titled 'Presidents at UNDECLARED War.' During the years since the founding of the republic, the United States has only been in five declared wars. During those same years the United States military forces have engaged in more than two hundred ...

Picture Letters From the Commander in Chief: Letters From Iwo Jima

Tadamichi Kuribayashi

VIZ Media LLC, 2007

WWII history
This unique book offers an amazing insight into the commander of the Iwo Jima's forces mind and experiences. It adds a great deal to both of Clint Eastwood's films! A definite "must read"!

GENERAL HENRI GUISAN: Commander-in-Chief of the Swiss Army in World War II
Willi Gautschi

Front Street Press, 2003

During its darkest hour Switzerland was surrounded by aggressive fascist armies, with no allies within reach, its politicians quavering, and its people beginning to lose hope of retaining their freedom. General Henri Guisan stepped into this miasma of growing despair. In July 1940, he assembled the entire Swiss officer corps at the Rutli Meadow, ...

George Washington and the Art of Business: The Leadership Principles of America's First Commander-in-Chief

Mark McNeilly

Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

The "father of his country" in so many important ways
In recent years, a great deal of attention has been devoted to one or more of the founding fathers, especially Washington, Jefferson, and Adams. What we have in this volume is Mark McNeilly's analysis of what lessons can be learned from George Washington's leadership ...

Commander in Chief: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, His Lieutenants, and Their War (Bluejacket Books)

Eric Larrabee

US Naval Institute Press, 2004

Well Researched and Highly Regarded
This is the best book written about the story of World War Two from the perspective of the American military commanders. It won an award from the Society of American Historians called the Francis Parkman Prize for historical excellence. This book is a World War Two ...

The Leadership Genius of George W. Bush: 10 Common Sense Lessons from the Commander-in-Chief

Carolyn B. Thompson, Jim Ware, ...

Wiley, 2002

Commonsense Approach to Leadership
I am an avid reader of biographies and this book provided a biographical sketch of President Bush's lifestyle and then used that foundation to show how his management skills transformed his life. I grabbed a pencil and highlighter half-way into the first chapter and ...

Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief

James M. McPherson

Penguin Press HC, The, 2008

McPHERSON UNEARTHS, ASSEMBLES & DELIVERS TEASURE TROVE OF LINCOLN'S PRINCIPLES & SKILLS!
James McPherson's research & writing is unique in that he judiciously wove hundreds of key elements of proof of Lincoln's latent skills of management, negotiation, courtesy, decorum, respect, honesty & trust--- coupled with his concerns for the entire populace of the ...

Commander in Chief: Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War

Albert Marrin

Dutton Juvenile, 2003

The Human Side of Lincoln
For the first time, I came to know Lincoln not as an iconified hero, but as a funny, direct, engaging and committed human being as I read this book. The author has thorough notes of very detailed research and tells a story that others omitted or overlooked. It made ...

Lincoln's War: The Untold Story of America's Greatest President as Commander in Chief

Geoffrey Perret

Random House, 2004

Poetic evocation of Lincoln's character as tried by war
I found this a very moving account of Lincoln's presidency which focused on his wartime decisions and his relationships with his cabinet, generals, soldiers in the field, and more. For a longtime reader of books on Lincoln and the Civil War it brought several new ...

The Leadership Genius of George W. Bush: 10 Commonsense Lessons from the Commander in Chief

Carolyn B. Thompson, Jim Ware

Wiley, 2004

For those with short memories
Sure, the "pundits" and "talking heads" are having a field day right now, taking pot-shots at the President just because there is some tactical tweaking going on in Iraq , but pause for a moment to recall some of the outstanding characteristics that impelled us to ...

Military Biography Of Generalissimo Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina, Commander In Chief Of The Armed Forces
Ernesto Vega Y Pagan

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007

The Life Of Artemas Ward: The First Commander-In-Chief Of The American Revolution (1921)
Charles Martyn

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007

The basic biographical study of the man who commanded the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill and later figured in military operations around Boston,eventually becoming the commander of the Eastern Department. The work presents a highly detailed account of the war in Boston from 1775 to 1777, and also covers Ward's post- war career as a ...