Great book on WWII (and leadership)

I just finished reading Partners in Command: George Marshall and Dwight Eisenhower in War and Peace.

This book is fantastic. It is a great read for anyone who enjoys reading about WWII and military history (as I do). But in this case it also explores the key senior relationships in the war. Not just between Marshall and Ike, but between the Allied Joint Chiefs, between Roosevelt and Churchill, and between Ike and his subordinates.

It is fascinating to explore situations where these leaders had to decide which organizational and political battles to fight, when to allow organizational conflict to occur and when to stop it, when to trust and support the decisions of their direct reports without getting in the way, and when to step in and exert their authority. All when the fate of the Allies and millions of lives were in the balance.

There are many lessons in here about how to lead people and teams that apply to business and life as well as to war. I highly recommend it.