- 304 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
A provocative treatise on the requirements of leadership in the modern world
The role of leaders is never more crucial than during times of war. The ability to inspire confidence and communicate resolution is essential to the national interest. The requirements of leadership are not limited to military affairs: citizens look to leaders to guide the economy, protect the laws, and safeguard national values. Leadership has never been simple, but it is even more complicated in the age of mass democracy: globalization, the power of the media, and the constraints of bureaucracy are among the many challenges facing leaders at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
What do leaders need to know in order to be effective? Carnes Lord—an eminent political scientist who has held a number of high-level positions in the United States government—here offers witty and trenchant counsel to both leaders and the citizens who elect them. Exploring such issues as leadership in war and crises, diplomacy, the use of secret intelligence, the role of political advisors, and the media, Lord enumerates the major challenges confronting modern leaders and offers practical advice on how leaders can deal with them effectively.
Carnes Lord is professor of strategy at the Naval War College. He served as director of international communications and information policy for the National Security Council under Ronald Reagan, and was assistant to the vice president for national security affairs in the Bush administration.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Preface
- One. Why Leadership Is Still Possible
- Two. Why Leadership Is Still Necessary
- Three. Leadership and Statecraft
- Four. On States
- Five. On Regimes
- Six. Elites and How to Manage Them
- Seven. Modern Founders
- Eight. Executive Power and Constitutional Democracy
- Nine. Democracy Without Leaders
- Ten. Autocratic Democracy
- Eleven. What Goals Leaders Pursue
- Twelve. What Tools Leaders Have Available
- Thirteen. Administration
- Fourteen. Law
- Fifteen. Education and Culture
- Sixteen. Economics
- Seventeen. Diplomacy
- Eighteen. Force
- Nineteen. Intelligence
- Twenty. Communication
- Twenty-one. On Strategy
- Twenty-two. On Crisis Management
- Twenty-three. Advice and Decision
- Twenty-four. Leadership and Politics
- Twenty-five. Why Leadership Depends on the Times
- Twenty-six. Exhortation to Preserve Democracy from the Barbarians
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index