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Who Wins Wars - by ML Cavanaugh (Hardcover)

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  • An award-winning military strategist and top West Point professor unlocks the secrets to success in the wars that mattered most, offering fresh insights from history about leadership, power, and the art of better decision making in our modern world.
  • About the Author: ML (Matt) Cavanaugh, PhD, is a retired US Army lieutenant colonel who earned two Bronze Star Medals for his time overseas.
  • 256 Pages
  • History, Military

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An award-winning military strategist and top West Point professor unlocks the secrets to success in the wars that mattered most, offering fresh insights from history about leadership, power, and the art of better decision making in our modern world.

What makes a general great? What should strategic leadership look like? What are successful supreme commanders made of?

In answering these questions, retired Lieutenant Colonel ML Cavanaugh traces the campaigns of America's greatest commanders at war. By following Washington, Grant, and Eisenhower, we can see the key winning ingredient in their leadership wasn't technology, resources, or luck--but superior judgment, empathy, and grit.

Supreme commanders make decisions; decisions make history.

With the social scientist's eye and storyteller's sensibility, Cavanaugh pries open the minds of America's greatest military leaders and brings readers inside the art of the better decision to pinpoint the difference between success and failure. Its implications impact competitive fields like business, sport, and politics.

Who Wins Wars matters to cadets and colonels but equally to CEOs, coaches, and all citizens. Its key contribution is for those who recognize how crucial strategic leadership is in the fight for the fates of people, organizations, countries, and history itself. This book breaks open a key ingredient in what--and who--wins wars.



About the Author



ML (Matt) Cavanaugh, PhD, is a retired US Army lieutenant colonel who earned two Bronze Star Medals for his time overseas. He's also an award-winning US Army strategist, having earned acclaim as the top professor at West Point and was previously named the US Army's Athlete of the Year. As a proud living kidney donor, he most recently served as the president and CEO of the National Kidney Donation Organization. His writing has been featured in The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, Colorado Springs Gazette, and Sydney Morning Herald. Cavanaugh makes his home in the mountains of Manitou Springs, Colorado.
Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W)
Weight: .98 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 256
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: Military
Publisher: Matt Holt Books
Theme: Wars & Conflicts (Other)
Format: Hardcover
Author: ML Cavanaugh
Language: English
Street Date: July 7, 2026
TCIN: 1006772170
UPC: 9781637749180
Item Number (DPCI): 247-35-0489
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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