Conversations with Major Dick Winters: Life Lessons from the Commander of the Band of Brothers
Oct 2014 · Sold by Penguin
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On the hellish battlefields of World War II Europe, Major Dick Winters led his Easy Company—the now-legendary Band of Brothers—from the confusion and chaos of the D-Day invasion to the final capture of Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest.
Winters was a quiet, reluctant hero whose modesty and strength drew the admiration of not only his men, but millions worldwide. Now comes the story of his last years as witnessed and experienced by his good friend Cole C. Kingseed.
Kingseed shares the formative experiences that made Winters such an effective leader. He addresses Winters’s experiences and leadership during the war, his intense, unbreakable devotion to his men, his search for peace both without and within after the war, and how fame forced him to make adjustments to an international audience of well-wishers and admirers, even as he attempted to leave a lasting legacy before joining his fallen comrades. Following Winters’s death on January 2, 2011, the outpouring of grief and adulation for one of this nation’s preeminent leaders of character, courage, and competence showed just how much of an impact Dick Winters left on the world.
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Winters was a quiet, reluctant hero whose modesty and strength drew the admiration of not only his men, but millions worldwide. Now comes the story of his last years as witnessed and experienced by his good friend Cole C. Kingseed.
Kingseed shares the formative experiences that made Winters such an effective leader. He addresses Winters’s experiences and leadership during the war, his intense, unbreakable devotion to his men, his search for peace both without and within after the war, and how fame forced him to make adjustments to an international audience of well-wishers and admirers, even as he attempted to leave a lasting legacy before joining his fallen comrades. Following Winters’s death on January 2, 2011, the outpouring of grief and adulation for one of this nation’s preeminent leaders of character, courage, and competence showed just how much of an impact Dick Winters left on the world.
INCLUDES PHOTOS
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4.5
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John Lord
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February 25, 2023
Too much of this book is spent with the author talking about what a great friend he was to Dick Winters. It has the uncomfortable feel of an opportunist attaching oneself to the story. "I knew Dick Winters, I had lunch with Dick Winters, I got to go to Dick Winter's house, Dick Winters was my best friend...just ask me." Did I mention that I know Dick Winters??
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Eric Fussenegger
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July 4, 2016
What an inspirational read! I highly recommend this book for everyone but especially to those who does not understand why those from Major Winters's generation were called the Greatest Generation. This book should underscore why they received and deserve that moniker.
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Jeff Pinner
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June 24, 2016
Major Winter's primary lesson: to lead others, one must always attempt to be better than you were the day before. Only with that in your personal rear view can you utter the words, "Follow me", and be more than just a guy out taking a walk.
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About the author
Cole C. Kingseed is a thirty-year Army veteran who served in a variety of command and staff positions. He earned his MA in national security and strategic studies from the U.S. Naval War College and his PhD in history from Ohio State. He taught at West Point, where he served as chief of military history for four years. Kingseed is the author of fifty-three articles on corporate and military leadership and such books as Eisenhower and the Suez Crisis of 1956 and Old Glory Stories: Combat Leadership in World War II. He is a founding partner of Battlefield Leadership, LLC and president of his own leadership consulting firm, The Brecourt Leadership Experience, Inc., whose clients include International Paper, Ernst & Young, USAA, and Bayer Corporation, among others.
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