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Distant Voices

Michael B. Colegrove Ph. D. Β· 2005
95/100
πŸ‘ Worth It

Michael Colegrove draws on more than thirty years in higher education and military service to compile and comment on writings from major military and political leaders β€” Machiavelli, Napoleon, and others β€” pulling leadership lessons across centuries of strategy, discipline, and the use of power. For readers specifically drawn to military history as a lens for leadership study, the approach fills a real niche. Colegrove's academic and military background lends credibility within that audience. The honest caveats are significant: this is self-published through iUniverse with minimal editorial oversight, distribution is limited, and formal critical reception is essentially nonexistent. Individual volumes in the series cover narrow ground. Worth considering if the military-leadership history niche is exactly what you are looking for, but go in with measured expectations on production quality.

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