Conversations with Major Dick Winters
Life Lessons from the Commander of the Band of Brothers
$39.39
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2016
Summary
Now in paperback–the final words, wisdom, and courage of the leader of the legendary Band of Brothers.
On the hellish battlefields of World War II Europe, Major Dick Winters led his Easy Company—the now-legendary Band of Brothers—from the confusion and chaos of the D-Day invasion to the final capture of Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest.
Winters was a quiet, reluctant hero whose modesty and strength drew the admiration of not only his men, but millions worldwide. Now comes the story of hi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780425271544 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0425271544 |
| Author: | Cole C. Kingseed |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2016 |
| Weight: | 338g |
| Dimensions: | 29mm x 228mm x 153mm |
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Praise for Conversations with Major Dick Winters
“Kingseed has captured the essence of a great military leader as only a soldier-historian can.”—Lieutenant General H. R. McMaster, author of Dereliction of Duty
“An anatomy of leadership, of courage, of discipline, and above all, of self-knowledge.”—Dennis Showalter, author of Patton and Rommel and Hitler’s Panzers
“A remarkable soldier recounts his understated leadership journey through war and peace.”—Brigadier General (Ret.) Frank H. Akers Jr., USA, president and CEO, Oak Ridge Strategies Group, Inc.
About The Author
Cole C. Kingseed
Cole C. Kingseed is a thirty-year Army veteran who served in a variety of command and staff positions. He earned his MA in national security and strategic studies from the U.S. Naval War College and his PhD in history from Ohio State. He taught at West Point, where he served as chief of military history for four years. Kingseed is the author of fifty-three articles on corporate and military leadership and such books as Eisenhower and the Suez Crisis of 1956 and Old Glory Stories- Combat Leadership in World War II. He is a founding partner of Battlefield Leadership, LLC, and president of his own leadership consulting firm, The Brecourt Leadership Experience, Inc., whose clients include International Paper, Ernst & Young, USAA, and Bayer Corporation, among others.
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