{"product_id":"9780241696330-the-strategists","title":"The Strategists","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChurchill, Stalin, Roosevelt, Mussolini and Hitler – How War Made Them, And How They Made War\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Entirely fresh, brilliantly insightful and utterly compelling' \u003c\/b\u003eJames Holland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Full of fascinating insights about the use and misuse of power' \u003c\/b\u003eDaniel Todman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChurchill. Hitler. Stalin. Mussolini. Roosevelt. Five of the most impactful leaders of WW2, each with their own individualistic and idiosyncratic approach to warfare.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut if we want to understand their military strategy, we must first understand the strategist.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a history in which leaders – and their choices – matter. For better or worse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'For military history buffs, this is a must-read.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55563207344502,"sku":"9780241696330","price":17.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32347252.jpg?v=1745815960","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241696330-the-strategists","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}