This book is a comprehensive study of Joan of Arc as a soldier, not as a saint. The view is wholly from the lowly foxhole and not from the lofty perch of spiritual enlightenment, although they often coalesce as one and the same. The primary purpose is to explore her martial relationships and her battlefield actions and their influence on soldier motivations, explaining why these relationships and actions led to her successes and failures. In most cases these leadership assessments are supported by comparative observations based on a broad sweep of military history. Expect to meet up with such ancient legends as Xenophon, Sun-Tzu, Attila, Caesar, Charlemagne, Richard the Lionheart, Saladin, and Henry V; with pre-twentieth century commanders like Charles XII of Sweden, Frederick the Great, George Washington, Wellington, Napoleon, Crazy Horse, George Custer, Ulysses Grant, and Robert E. Lee; and with modern military leaders like Pershing, Gavin, Stilwell, Patton, MacArthur, Eisenhower, and Petraeus. Also included are the equally important but often less well-known names of military theorists such as Vegetius, P
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