The Importance of Excellence in Military Leadership: Sharp’s Excellent New Book

A British Major General speaks with one of the soldiers responsible for training Junior soldiers at a graduation parade in Harrogate, England, on Aug. 15, 2013. Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

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Military effectiveness depends upon many factors, the most important of which is military leadership. In a bold new book, Lt. Col. Langley Sharp, of the British Army’s Center for Army Leadership, has written “The Habit of Excellence: Why British Army Leadership Works.”