The Killer Angels
by Michael Shaara
The Pulitzer-winning novel of Gettysburg through Lee, Longstreet, Chamberlain and Buford. Taught at military academies as a study in leadership and decision under uncertainty.
Read it if…
you want leadership lessons in novel form.
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Skip it if…
you want straight history.
Try instead: Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage →
Three things you will actually use
- Decide with incomplete information.
- Loyalty can conflict with judgment.
- Lead where it is hardest.
Do this first
Read Chamberlain at Little Round Top.
Our verdict
Gettysburg, from inside.
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