Jennings, John M.

Spanning countries and centuries, a ‘how-not-to’ guide to leadership that reveals the most maladroit military commanders in history. Fifteen distinguished historians were given a deceptively simple task: identify their choice for the worst military leader in history and then explain why theirs is the worst. From the clueless Conrad von Htzendorf and George A. Custer to the criminal Baron Roman F. von Ungern-Sternberg and the bungling Garnet Wolseley, this book presents a rogues’ gallery of military incompetents.