Formation of military political leadership through the lens of history

Formación de liderazgo político militar a través de la lente de la historia

• Kira Horiacheva Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1503-4425
• Anatily Yurkov Military Institute of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7196-171X
• Andrii Savchenko National Pedagogical Dragomanov University, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1525-6258
• Nataliia Snapkova National Pedagogical Dragomanov University, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2706-9687
• Dmytro Kilderov National Pedagogical Dragomanov University, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9414-8150

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4178.38

Keywords: political-military leader, personality traits, military unit, leader image, historical perspective of leadership

Abstract

By means of a documentary analysis methodology, the purpose of the article was to determine the main characteristics of the formation of military political leadership. The sources of the study are the classical works of Greek philosophers: Plato, Aristotle, and also the treatise “The Art of War”, in which the famous Chinese general Sun Tzu stresses the need for self-control, emphasizes the possibility of avoiding confrontation without a prior in-depth analysis of the situation and one’s own capabilities. In the process of research, the authors defined the concept of the military-political leader, as well as highlighted the fundamentals of the quality of the leader’s personality. The authors come to the conclusion that the military manager is a professional leader, a person who has special knowledge, talent and also has some information about the news in the field of combat organization, the use of weapons and management of a military organization. He is also a person who not only knows how to influence subordinates to his will, but also knows how to organize teamwork and be responsible for his actions.

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