The John F. Morrison Lecture in Military History. Military Leadership and the American Experience

Abstract

Military leadership in this society in wartime presents, and has always presented, a problem of special severity. At the root of the problem is the relationship between the individual American and that larger society of Americans. Despite complaints in every generation that individualism is on the decline, by any comparative measurement-simply setting this society against others-we have not sought to express ourselves through the social group. Nor do we often accept that the success of the group represents, in some equivalent and satisfying measure, the success of the individual. Nor are we often willing to subordinate to the group our own interests and perceptions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 04, 1988
Accession Number
ADA445740

Entities

People

  • Gerald F. Linderman

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil War
  • Civil War (United States)
  • Court Martial
  • History
  • Instructors
  • Leadership
  • Military History
  • Military Science
  • Psychology
  • Schools
  • Students
  • Training
  • United States
  • United States Military Academy
  • Universities
  • War
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Organizational Psychology.