This book examines the well-covered subject of leadership from a unique perspective: history's vast catalogue of leadership successes and failures. Through a collection of highly compelling case studies spanning two centuries, it looks beyond the classic leadership parable of men in military or political crises and shows that successful leadership cannot be reduced to simplistic formulae.
Written by experts in the field and based on rigorous research, each case provides a rich and compelling account that is accessible to a wide audience, from students to managers. Rather than serving as a vehicle for advancing a particular theory of leadership, each case invites readers to reflect, debate and extract their own insights.
| Introduction: The Value of the Historical Perspective for Leadership Studies |
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Part I The Postwar Period |
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Leadership in War and Genocide: Romeo Dallaire in Rwanda |
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Lost in Culture: C&A's Failure in the United States, 1946-1964 |
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Prisoners as Leaders of Political Change: Cage 11 and the Peace Process in Northern Ireland |
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Part II The Second World War |
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When Complexity Costs Lives: Secondary Goals and Compartmentalized Information in the Second World War's Greatest Raid |
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Paul Geheeb and Nazi Germany: Progressive Education in the Age of Fascism |
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Part III The Age of the Industrial Revolution |
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Mary van Kleeck and the International Industrial Relations Institute: Resolving Conflicts Between Labor and Capital Through the Power of Knowledge |
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109 | (14) |
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Roald Amundsen in the Age of Polar Exploration: Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Quest to Conquer the Northwest Passage |
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123 | (18) |
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Clash of Cannons: The American Civil War Leadership of Henry Jackson Hunt and Edward Porter Alexander |
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Industrial Leadership and the Long-Lasting Competitiveness of the Swiss Watch Industry |
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Part IV The Pre-modern Period |
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Mary Tudor, the First Sovereign Queen of England: The Politics of Blood, Gender, Law, and Religion in the 1500s |
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Muhammad II Khwarazmshah Meets Chinggis Khan: A Tale of Hubris and Failed Leadership in the Thirteenth Century |
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Toregene, Imperial Widow in the Mongol Empire in the 1240s: Opposing Her Husband's Will on Behalf of Her Son |
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Pericles of Athens: Democracy and Empire |
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Dr. Martin Gutmann is the Managing Director and Lecturer at the Swiss School of Public Governance, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
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