02870cam a2200421 i 4500 1469317390 TxAuBib 20241002120000.0 240208s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781524746483 HRD 35.00 1524746487 HRD 35.00 (OCoLC)1420138427 TxAuBib rda O'Brien, Phillips Payson, 1963- The strategists [BOOK] : Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt, Mussolini, and Hitler : how war made them, and how they made war / Phillips Payson O'Brien. Strategists, The : Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt, Mussolini, and Hitler--How War Made Them and How They Made War. Strategists. Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt, Mussolini, and Hitler : how war made them, and how they made war. New York, New York : Dutton, 2024. xi, 530 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-495) and index. "Churchill. Hitler. Stalin. Mussolini. Roosevelt. Five of the most impactful leaders of WW2, each with their own individualistic and idiosyncratic approach to warfare. But if we want to understand their military strategy, we must first understand the strategist. In The Strategists, Professor Phillips Payson O'Brien shows how the views these five leaders forged in WW1 are crucial to understanding how they fought WW2. For example, Churchill's experiences of facing the German Army in France in 1916 made him unwilling to send masses of British soldiers back there in the 1940s, while Hitler's mistakes on the Eastern Front were influenced by his reluctance to accept that conditions had changed since his own time fighting. The implications of the power of leaders remain with us to this day: to truly understand what is happening in Ukraine, for example, requires us to know what has influenced the leaders involved. This is a history in which leaders--and their choices--matter. For better or worse.". 20241002. Churchill, Winston 1874-1965 Military leadership. Stalin, Joseph 1878-1953 Military leadership. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) 1882-1945 Military leadership. Mussolini, Benito 1883-1945 Military leadership. Hitler, Adolf 1889-1945 Military leadership. World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns. World War, 1939-1945 Diplomatic history. Strategy History 20th century.