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TITLE:
Forged in crisis : the power of courageous leadership in turbulent times / Nancy Koehn.
Author:
Koehn, Nancy F.
Pub Date:
2017.
ISBN:
9781501174445
Edition:
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Description:
ix, 517 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Abstract:
Presents a portrait of five extraordinary figures--Ernest Shackleton, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Rachel Carson--to illuminate how great leaders are made in times of adversity and the diverse skills they summon in order to prevail.
Subject:
Leadership -- History.
Subject:
Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922-Influence.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865-Influence.

Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895-Influence.

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 1906-1945-Influence.

Carson, Rachel, 1907-1964-Influence.
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