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To Risk It All: Nine Conflicts and the Crucible of Decision by Admiral James Stavridis USN
From one of the great naval leaders of our time, a master class in decision-making under pressure through the stories of nine famous acts of leadership in battle, drawn from the history of the United States Navy, with outcomes both glorious and notorious At the heart of Admiral James Stavridis’s training as a naval officer was the preparation to lead sailors in combat, to face the decisive moment in battle whenever it might arise. In To Risk it All , he offers up nine of the most useful and enthralling stories from the US Navy’s nearly 250-year history, and draws from them a set of insights that we can all put to use when confronted with fateful choices. Conflict. Crisis. Risk. These words have a distinct meaning in a military context that we hope will never apply identically in our own lives. But at the same time, as Admiral Stavridis shows with great clarity, many lessons are universal. To Risk it All is filled with thrilling and heroic exploits, but it is anything but a shallow exercise in myth burnishing. Every leader in this book has real flaws, as all humans do, and the stories of failure, or at least the decisions that have been defined as such, are as crucial as the stories of success. In the end, when this master class is concluded, we will be better armed for hard decisions both expected and not. Read more
Admiral Stavridis gives readers nine interesting case studies drawn from the annals of the US Navy. Some of these stories involve legendary naval commanders, such as John Paul Jones, David Farragut, and William "Bull" Halsey. Other stories focus on lesser known naval officers, plus one enlisted sailor. In each of these case studies, Stavridis first provides the reader with relevant context and background, then gives a description of (in most of the cases) a tense combat situation that challenged the leadership and decision skills of the person involved, and concludes with a clear, concise evaluation. In each case, the person profiled had to make a series of critical decisions, with life or death consequences. Not every naval commander discussed in this book made the correct decisions, most notably Admiral Halsey, whose mistakes nearly had disastrous consequences for the entire US invasion of the Philippines in WW2. Stavridis ends the book by summarizing the key lessons he learned from all nine case studies. These lessons I believe could be valuable for managers in business or government. I applaud the author for including a final (non combat) case concerning a ship's Captain who risked his career to stand up for the safety of his crew during a COVID outbreak. Overall, I enjoyed this book, and recommend it to anyone with an interest in leadership and decision-making.
Publisher -> Penguin Press (May 24, 2022) Language -> English Hardcover -> 352 pages ISBN-10 -> 0593297741 ISBN-13 -> 978-0593297742 Item Weight -> 1.06 pounds Dimensions -> 5.76 x 1.12 x 8.53 inches Best Sellers Rank: #940 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #4 in Naval Military History #19 in Business Decision Making #20 in Decision-Making & Problem Solving
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