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May 6, 2008
Noted author and screenwriter Steven Pressfield talks about the legendary German general Irwin Erwin Rommel and the lessons modern leaders might learn from him.
Also DoD reps explain changes in rules surrounding mental health and security clearances.
For more on Steven Pressfield's book see http://www.killingrommel.com
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Rommel's name was "Erwin", not "Irwin". :-)
Posted by: 42317 | May 07, 2008 at 01:44 PM
... plus he did not just agree to commit suicide for the grand noble reasons mentioned in this podcast. He had personal reasons as well, which included the threat of his family "disappearing" in a concentration camp, and as his letters from the front show, Rommel loved his family more than anything else in the world.
Apart from that he could be as ruthless as he was popular, since he was a person of almost superhuman standards that he asked of himself and of his men - which cost lots of unnecessary casualties.
Read Wolf Heckmann, "Rommel's War in Africa".
Posted by: 42317 | May 07, 2008 at 02:07 PM
Rommel was one of the greatest examples of honor, values and human courage that the History has given us.
He should me more present in our times.
Posted by: Mariano Arribillaga | May 22, 2008 at 05:02 PM
Rommel's interest in the American War of Northern Aggression focused on "Stonewall" Jackson's tactics and those of Robert E. Lee. Rommel used some of the tactic in Europe in WW1 and later. He was an open field Commander, ill suited for the static war he tried to prepare for with the "Atlantic Wall".
Posted by: Jesse | May 23, 2008 at 04:25 AM
In the Pierre Clostermann book " The Big Show" ( Weidenfield & Nicolson, London) he provides an account of how a fellow French-RAF Pilot who while on a sorty shot up General Rommel's staff car and his subsequent death from injury's from a 20mm explosive round plus being thrown from the vehcile and landing against a tree.
It is excellent reading and provides some very interesting insight to the entire event leading to Rommel's death.
Posted by: Rich | May 23, 2008 at 06:03 AM
Rommel was just one more German officer who went along with Hitler in order to get personal advancement. He had ability but let's not forget that he was commanding Hitler's bodyguard before the war. He only became disillusioned with the Nazi regime after they started losing the war, to my book that's called opportunism and has nothing to do with honor or values.
Posted by: john | May 23, 2008 at 07:23 AM