Description: Erwin Rommel, the most famous German field marshal in World War II, displayed an outstanding ability to seize the initiative and retain it. Here, Charles Messenger draws on the skills behind this ability for the benefit of modern-day leaders.
Brief description:
Charles Messenger served for twenty years as an officer in the Royal Tank Regiment before becoming a full-time military historian and defense analyst. He is the author of nearly forty books, including The Blitzkrieg Story. He lives in London.
Review Quotes:
"WWII newsreels showed General Erwin Rommel as a dashing commander whose successes in North Africa made him a hero to Germans and earned him the moniker 'Desert Fox' among the Allies. Sixty years later, in a style as briskly paced as an armored attack, former Royal Tank Regiment officer Charles Messenger strips away the mythology to deliver the accurate portrait of an ambitious soldier who became Hitler's favorite general and nemesis of George Patton, explaining why Rommel's battlefield strategy and tactics should be studied by today's leaders."
-- "H. Paul Jeffers, bestselling author of Freemasons"