His willingness to take on a new and challenging venture even after retirement proves that he is a natural born leader who is gifted at both teaching and motivating. His decision to join the Board of Directors is also another example of how he is able to strech his skill set seamlessly from one particular field to another. Although his career was with the Marines, he is able to take his knowledge and apply it to the business world (Business Wire).. When one examines the life of General James L. Jones as a person and leader, it is not to be impressed but at the same time intimidated. He is a man that has achieved so much during his career but at the same time excels at every project he undertakes.
In the historical document of “A Rumor of War,” the hardships, struggles, and personal experiences of a young man named Philip Caputo in the Vietnam War are documented. He starts out as a young, fresh and primed man at the age of twenty-four entering Officer’s Candidate School and winds up being sent to Vietnam on March 8, 1965. He is sent to Danang with a battalion of the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade and was the first U.S. combat unit sent to Indochina. At that time Americans had enormous pride and confidence in going to war. Young men who had never fought in a war possessed idealism full of illusions by following John F. Kennedy’s statement, “Ask what you can do for your country, not what your country can do for you.” The proud young military men believed that the Viet Cong could be swiftly conquered only to come to awareness these guerrillas were a deadly, persistent enemy who were willing to sustain continual casualties, while the U.S. government became just as responsible for inflicting tremendous casualties physically and morally during the war.
A plan that involved avoiding bigger battles and fighting smaller battles to ware down the will of Hannibal's Carthaginian army. His level in developing strategies is like a bomb that never ticks down. These brutal strategies were the reason they had won this war and they had required industrious people to think like George. Continuing George Washington had been so inspiring to the world. So much that his picture is on $1 bill.
Although these traits are used to become a leader, the way one applies these traits can cause consequences. During the Peloponnesian War, Alcibiades was seen as a negative factor in the Athenian cause because of his pride, and overconfidence in himself. We encounter Alcibiades arrogance in Tides of War when he says “ we will take these cities as we took the islands of our empire” this shows Alcibiades over analyzing how strong
The South was thrilled. Political leaders had to come together and restate the purpose of the war. It was a full-blown disaster for the North. General McDowell was even accused of being drunk in the battle. Lincoln learned valuable lessons from this; he knew he needed to find military leadership he could rely on.
While volunteering to serve for his country he fought with skill and courage in many campaigns during the American Revolution, not many people know that the description above is for the man Benedict Arnold, who is best known for betraying his country. This book really showed him growing up, going off to war, and what influenced him to make one of the most historic decisions of American history. When Arnold was young his father didn’t manage the family’s money well, and they were financially ruined when Arnold was thirteen. This was a foreshadowing of things to come in Arnold’s future. As a young man Arnold volunteered for the French & Indian War.
This is because all wars are won on politics, if the government have the support of the people; the likelihood is that their war effort will be successful. It also highlights the key man that turned the screw of public opinion, Walter Cronkite. As seen in C, Cronkite exclaimed to the whole country “What the hell is going on? I thought we were winning this war.” This obviously had a massive affect on opinion, and polls show a drop around the time of this exclamation. This was as Hall rightly says in C, a “Rude awakening to the realities of the war that prompted a re-evaluation of the nation’s commitment.” This is similar to Source A in the way that it refuses to focus on the statistics of the offensive, but look at the consequences of the assault, with the privilege of hindsight.
Cesar Gutierrez Jr. History 1301 George Washington When thinking of George Washington, first president of the U.S. is probably the first fact that comes to mind. We grow up learning that at such a young age, and sadly that’s probably the only thing some know about him. The numerous amounts of victories in such difficult battles is quite mind blowing, leaves you wondering where we’d be if it wasn’t for him. Which is why George Washing is known as the Father of the U.S. and many will argue, the best president of the U.S. by far. Washington was born on February 22,1732 in Westmoreland County, Virginia and was the first son of his father Augustine Washington and his second wife Mary B. Washington.
Livy is also very quick to complement Hannibal and tell the reader just how great a leader he was. This is done so that when one looks back at Hannibal they say that if Hannibal was such a great leader Rome must have been far superior to be able to defeat him. This sense of modesty was how the Romans were supposed to treat the Carthaginian General but they did not. It is very interesting to see that all the evil qualities Livy talks about that are in direct contradiction roman were said to be traits of Hannibal, but for the most part were actually how the Romans themselves had acted. Hannibal’s actions constituted such a threat to the Roman way of life not because of the physical threat to the Romans but because he did the impossible and made it to the gates of the city of Rome.
Hamilton showed his Intelligence and General George Washington took him in as his aide-de-camp. Hamilton wanted Washington to give him field command but Washington needed him so much he refused until the end of the war. Hamilton was George Washington’s most trusted aide. The two men worked great together. Washington provided some general ideas about what he wanted done and Alexander Hamilton would transcribe Washington's thoughts