Intrepid warriors : perspectives on Canadian military leaders / edited by Colonel Bernd Horn ; foreword by John Scott Cowan.: D2-202/2007E-PDF
"This volume looks at the command and leadership practiced by a number of Canada's finest military commanders and leaders. The chapters provide valuable insight into different command approaches, behaviours, and styles that can aid others in becoming better commanders and leaders, while gaining a better understanding of dynamics of war and conflict"--Introduction, page 18.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Department of National Defence, issuing body. |
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| Title | Intrepid warriors : perspectives on Canadian military leaders / edited by Colonel Bernd Horn ; foreword by John Scott Cowan. |
| Variant title | Perspectives on Canadian military leaders |
| Publication type | Monograph |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [French] |
| Format | Electronic |
| Electronic document | |
| Other formats | Paper-[English] |
| Note(s) | Digitized by Publishing and Depository Services Program. Issued also in French under title: Les guerriers intrépides : perspectives sur les chefs militaires canadiens. Includes bibliographical references and index. Foreword / John Scott Cowan -- Acknowledgements / Bernd Horn -- Introduction / Bernd Horn -- 1, The Power of Patronage and the Value of Knowledge: The Leadership Experiences of Lieutenant Agar Adamson with Strathcona's Horse, 1899-1900 / Craig Leslie Mantle -- 2, Portrait of a Battalion Commander: Lieutenant-Colonel George Stuart Tuxford at the Second Battle of Ypres, April 1915 / Andrew B. Godefroy -- 3, The Strain of the Bridge: The Second World War Diaries of Commander A.F.C. Layard, RN / Michael Whitby -- 4, "A Hell of a Warrior": Sergeant Thomas George Prince / P. Whitney Lackenbauer -- 5, When Leadership Really Mattered: Bert Hoffmeister and Morale During the Battle of Ortona, December 1943 / Douglas E. Delaney -- 6, Four Gallant Airmen: Clifford Mackay McEwen, Raymond Collishaw, Leonard Joseph Birchall, and Robert Wendell McNair / David L. Bashow -- 7, Leading from the Front: Lieutenant-Colonel Cameron "Cammie" Ware, DSO / Tod Strickland -- 8, Bradbrooke, Nicklin, and Eadie: A Tale of Command / Bernd Horn -- Contributors -- Index. Issued also in printed form. |
| Publishing information | Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Dundurn Press ; Kingston, Ontario, Canada : Canadian Defence Academy Press ; Ottawa, Ontario : Department of National Defence : Public Works and Government Services Canada, [2007] ©2007 |
| Author / Contributor | Horn, Bernd, 1959- editor. |
| Description | 1 online resource (269 pages) : map, photographs |
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| Subject terms | Command of troops -- History -- 20th century. Leadership -- Canada -- History -- 20th century. Canada -- Armed Forces -- Officers -- History. Canada -- History, Military -- 20th century. |