The Need for Great Generals: Why Systems Demand Leaders After Control Disappears

Why does history keep searching for great commanders precisely when individual control is weakest?
This book examines why systems demand visible decision-makers after real agency has already disappeared. As wars grow in scale and complexity, outcomes become increasingly detached from individual intent. Yet the figure of the ＂great general＂ becomes more central than ever.
The Need for Great Generals is not about leadership genius or battlefield brilliance. It is about why command becomes symbolic when systems take over-and why societies cling to individuals when control has already migrated elsewhere.