The Mirror and the Lantern: Churchill's Heroes and Role Models
Loading...
Files
Authors
Mayer, William
Issue Date
Type
Language
Keywords
Diplomacy and Military Studies
Alternative Title
Abstract
The Mirror and the Lantern is a thematic study. To thoroughly investigate the construction of Churchill's leadership paradigm, it is important to consider the people and events in his life that impacted his worldview and perception of leadership. This included his upbringing, education, sense of destiny and magnanimity, the principles he learned and adopted from others, the Dardanelles, and personal reflections of history. At first glance, this thesis appears to be structured like a biographical study. However, it does not always stay on the chronological timeline. To give the best understanding of these individual landmarks throughout the first half of his life, the conceptual framework in chapter three illustrates the themes and significant points listed above. These points often overlap with each other, so it is advised not to read it as a chronological biography but a thematic leadership analysis. Moreover, all readers are encouraged to have a basic familiarity of the Churchillian timeline from 1874-1945 to best leverage the structure of this thesis. The next page contains a brief timeline to prevent confusion and help guide the reader through the shaping of Winston Churchill's leadership paradigm. Each section represents a theme or point that contributed to Churchill's overall understanding and development of leadership prior to the Second World War.
Description
Thesis
Citation
Publisher
Hawaii Pacific University