<p>This book is a comprehensive study of Joan of Arc as a soldier, not as a saint. The view is wholly from the lowly foxhole and not from the lofty perch of spiritual enlightenment, although they often coalesce as one and the same. The primary purpose is to explore her martial relationships and her battlefield actions and their influence on soldier motivations, explaining why these relationships and actions led to her successes and failures. In most cases these leadership assessments are supported by comparative observations based on a broad sweep of military history. Expect to meet up with such ancient legends as Xenophon, Sun-Tzu, Attila, Caesar, Charlemagne, Richard the Lionheart, Saladin, and Henry V; with pre-twentieth century commanders like Charles XII of Sweden, Frederick the Great, George Washington, Wellington, Napoleon, Crazy Horse, George Custer, Ulysses Grant, and Robert E. Lee; and with modern military leaders like Pershing, Gavin, Stilwell, Patton, MacArthur, Eisenhower, and Petraeus. Also included are the equally important but often less well-known names of military theorists such as Vegetius, Pizan, de Bueil, Machiavelli, Jomini, Clausewitz, du Picq, Hart, Fuller, and Keegan, among others who may be of literary surprise. What were the leadership traits and techniques of history’s most accomplished combat commanders and how do they compare to Joan of Arc? And if they do compare—when, where, and how did she come by those lessons? By answering these questions Joan's talents are demystified, allowing a more appropriate integration of her battlefield example into the greater arc of military history, demonstrating yet again what does and does not work on the battlefield. Although unreasonable to expect after almost six hundred years of historical research and analysis, the most crucial questions about Joan of Arc, those involving her military leadership, still remain unanswered. Yet the answers to these questions are fundamental to understanding her history. Just how did this untrained, illiterate teenage female convince medieval knights to accept her decisions and to obey her commands in the elusive art of war? Moreover, how did she motivate these men to risk their lives, inspiring them with a “will to fight”? Would modern soldiers have fought with her and for her and, if so, why? This last question is of special interest to our American armed forces, currently tasked to integrate enlisted and commissioned women into our frontline combat arms units.</p>

Joan of Arc: A Study in Charismatic Women's Leadership

Kaiser, Anton

Black Hills Books Press

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Schneider, Brigitte

Parzellers Buchverlag

Die Rhön (German Edition)

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

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