McChrystal, a retired four-star general and now a senior fellow at Yale’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, has studied leadership intensively, both in the military and in other fields. In this comprehensive look at the ideal, the reality, and the many myths of leadership, he profiles thirteen exceptional individuals, showing that in many cases the legend fails to convey the most important lessons of the life. Robert E. Lee, for instance, looked ideal on paper, but a bad political decision led to his failure on the battlefield. For zealots, like Maximilien Robespierre and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and “pawnbrokers” such as Boss Tweed and Margaret Thatcher, McChrystal finds telling lessons in contrasting approaches. He rounds out his survey by looking at brand founders Walt Disney and Coco Chanel, reformers Martin Luther and Martin Luther King Jr., and brilliant thinkers Albert Einstein and Leonard Bernstein.
McChrystal will be in conversation with his co-authors, Jeff Eggers and Jason Mangone.
The speakers were introduced by Lew Gleich, from Politics and Prose.
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