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CARNES LORD is Professor of Strategic Leadership at the U.S. Naval War College and director of the Naval War College Press. A political scientist with interests in international relations, security studies, and the history of political philosophy, he served in the White House under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. Lord is the author of, among other works, The Presidency and the Management of National Security and Proconsuls: Delegated Political-Military Leadership from Rome to America Today.
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Read MoreWhat do leaders need to know to be effective? Carnes Lord—a political scientist with extensive experience at high levels of American government—here offers witty and trenchant counsel to both leaders and the citizens who elect them.
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