Challenge of Command: Reading for Military Excellence (West Point Military History Series)

“A must for those who aspire to follow the profession of arms.”—Maj. Gen. George S. Patton

Here is a unique book that emphasizes the attainment of military excellence through reading and field experience. Written to help men and women prepare for positions of command in the American Armed Forces, it is a product of the author’s years of discussions with military commanders about their roles as decision-makers, moral standard bearers, and energizers of military organizations.

In his commentary on the problems of the commander as tactician, strategist, warrior, trainer, mentor, disciplinarian, and moral leader, the author analyzes and recommends both classical and current readings that are available for those who seek an expanded vision of their potential as commanders. This book is designed to raise new challenges to conventional thinking about the art of military command.

• Taking the Guidon: Exceptional Leadership at the Company Level
• Small Unit Leadership: A Commonsense Approach
• Radical Inclusion: What the Post-9/11 World Should Have Taught Us About Leadership
• The Leader's Bookshelf
• Once an Eagle
• Nineteen Stars: A Study in Military Character and Leadership
• Army Officer's Guide
• The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You (10th Anniversary Edition)
• Leadership: The Warrior's Art
• Platoon Leader: A Memoir of Command in Combat