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Title Die Rückkehr der "grossen Männer" : Staatsmänner im Krieg : ein deutsch-britischer Vergleich = Bringing personality back in : leadership and war : a British-German comparison, 1740-1945 / herausgegeben von/edited by Brendan Simms und Karina Urbach
Published Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (x, 160 pages)
Series Prinz-Albert-Studien = Prince Albert studies ; Bd. 28 = v. 28
Prinz-Albert-Studien ; Bd. 28.
Contents Managing several fronts : the Seven Years' War -- Frederick the Great / Tim Blanning -- William Pitt the Elder : strategic leadership at home and abroad during the Great War for the Empires (1756-1763) / Brendan Simms -- Reforming leadership in war -- Reformstreben, Machtpolitik, und Staatsführung im Krieg bei William Pitt dem Jüngeren / Frank-Lothar Kroll -- Joseph II : wars Intended, Prevented and Unexpected / Derek Beales -- Civil leadership in an age of popular wars -- Gladstone : morality in the age of popular wars / Thomas Stamm-Kuhlmann -- Bismarck : ein Amateur in Uniform? / Karina Urbach -- Not leaving it to the generals : leadership in World War I -- The Welsh wizard who won the war : David Lloyd George as war leader / Keith Robbins -- Supreme warlord : Kaiser Wilhelm II in wartime / Christopher Clark -- Political leadership in total war -- Churchill : flawed war leader or charismatic visionary? / Klaus Larres
Summary In this volume eminent historians compare German and British statesmen in war, from the Seven Years' War to World War II. The subjects of the biographical essays range from Frederick the Great and William Pitt the Elder, William Pitt the Younger and Joseph II, William Gladstone and Bismarck, David George and Wilhelm II, as well as Churchill and Hitler. Differences and similarities in the conduct of warfare and references to the present-day political situation are impressively presented. This collection thus provides important results to stimulate further research
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Statesmen -- Great Britain -- Biography
Statesmen -- Germany -- Biography
Command of troops -- Cross-cultural studies
Political leadership -- Cross-cultural studies
Leadership -- Great Britain -- History
Leadership -- Germany -- History
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
Command of troops
Leadership
Political leadership
Statesmen
SUBJECT Great Britain -- History, Military. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056834
Germany -- History, Military. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054602
Subject Germany
Great Britain
Genre/Form Biographies
Cross-cultural studies
History
Military history
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Simms, Brendan.
Urbach, Karina.
ISBN 9783110232950
3110232952
Other Titles Bringing personality back in : leadership and war : a British-German comparison, 1740-1945