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It's a fun read that answers the question: Should the commander never, sometimes or always place himself among his troops? What are his views on the military-political relationship? What were his ambitions?
Yet, for me, it falls short of my expectations, since it interprets 'command' more in a strategic sense than the 'leadership' ring it has developed over the last years. Another sign of the time, 1987, is the last chapter of 'nuclear command' that is supposed to be the modern conclusio ...more
It's a fun read that answers the question: Should the commander never, sometimes or always place himself among his troops? What are his views on the military-political relationship? What were his ambitions?
Yet, for me, it falls short of my expectations, since it interprets 'command' more in a strategic sense than the 'leadership' ring it has developed over the last years. Another sign of the time, 1987, is the last chapter of 'nuclear command' that is supposed to be the modern conclusio ...more
