ML (Matt) Cavanaugh, PhD, is a retired US Army lieutenant colonel who earned two Bronze Star Medals for his time overseas, and as a proud living kidney donor most recently served as the President and CEO of the National Kidney Donation Organization. Cavanaugh’s also an award-winning US Army Strategist, earned acclaim as the top professor at West Point, and has been named the US Army’s Athlete of the Year. His writing’s been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, Colorado Springs Gazette, and the Sydney Morning Herald.
Who Wins Wars
By ML Cavanaugh
Price range: $15.99 through $30.00
Who Wins Wars matters to cadets and colonels but equally to CEOs, coaches, and all citizens. Its key contribution is for those who recognize how crucial strategic leadership is in the fight for the fates of people, organizations, countries, and history itself.
Description
An award-winning military strategist and top West Point professor unlocks the secrets to success in the wars that mattered most, offering fresh insights from history about leadership, power, and the art of better decision making in our modern world.
What makes a general great? What should strategic leadership look like? What are successful supreme commanders made of?
In answering these questions, retired Lieutenant Colonel ML Cavanaugh traces the campaigns of America’s greatest commanders at war. By following Washington, Grant, and Eisenhower, we can see the key winning ingredient in their leadership wasn’t technology, resources, or luck—but superior judgment, empathy, and grit.
Supreme commanders make decisions; decisions make history.
With the social scientist’s eye and storyteller’s sensibility, Cavanaugh pries open the minds of America’s greatest military leaders and brings readers inside the art of the better decision to pinpoint the difference between success and failure. Its implications impact competitive fields like business, sport, and politics.
Who Wins Wars matters to cadets and colonels but equally to CEOs, coaches, and all citizens. Its key contribution is for those who recognize how crucial strategic leadership is in the fight for the fates of people, organizations, countries, and history itself. This book breaks open a key ingredient in what—and who—wins wars.
Publication Details
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781637749180
Dimensions: 6 x 9 x 1 in.
Weight: 1 lbs.
Publication Date: July 2026
Format: E-book (epub)
ISBN: 9781637749197
Publication Date: July 2026
