What makes a leader? In his new book, Leaders: Myth and Reality, four-star general and former commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, profiles 13 of history’s greatest leaders, including Martin Luther King Jr., Harriet Tubman, and McChrystal’s former hero Robert E. Lee, to show that leadership is not what you think it is—and never was. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates.
Participants
- Stanley McCrystal retired from the U.S. Army as a four-star general after 34 years of service. His previous books, My Share of the Task and Team of Teams, were both New York Times bestsellers. He is a senior fellow at Yale University’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, where he teaches a course on leadership. He is also a partner at the McChrystal Group, a leadership consulting firm based in Virginia.
- Jeffrey Rosen is the president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization devoted to educating the public about the U.S. Constitution. Rosen is also professor of law at The George Washington University Law School and a contributing editor of The Atlantic.
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