Who Wins Wars

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Who Wins Wars

Lessons in Leadership, Power, and Supreme Command from Washington, Grant, and Eisenhower

Military history Entrepreneurship / Start-ups Assertiveness, motivation, self-esteem and positive mental attitude

Author: M.L. Cavanaugh

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Language: English

Published by: Matt Holt Books

Published on: 7th July 2026

Format: LCP-protected ePub

ISBN: 9781637749197


What makes a general great?

What should strategic leadership look like?

What are successful supreme commanders made of?

In answering these questions, retired Lieutenant Colonel ML Cavanaugh traces the campaigns of America's greatest commanders at war. By following Washington, Grant, and Eisenhower, we can see the key winning ingredient in their leadership wasn't technology, resources, or luck but superior judgment, empathy, and grit.

Supreme commanders make decisions; decisions make history.

With the social scientist's eye and storyteller's sensibility, Cavanaugh pries open the minds of America's greatest military leaders and brings readers inside the art of the better decision to pinpoint the difference between success and failure. Its implications impact competitive fields like business, sport, and politics.

Who Wins Wars

matters to cadets and colonels but equally to CEOs, coaches, and all citizens. Its key contribution is for those who recognize how crucial strategic leadership is in the fight for the fates of people, organizations, countries, and history itself. This book breaks open a key ingredient in what and who wins wars.

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