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""Are leaders born or made? The perceptions and the insights of Band of Brothers' Major Dick Winters show that in a democracy, true leaders are cultivated. In the tradition of Lord Moran's The Anatomy of Courage, this is an anatomy of leadership, of courage, of discipline, and above all, of self-knowledge."" -- ""Dennis Showalter, author of Patton and Rommel"" ""Band of Brothers' Major Dick Winters is arguably the most recognizable American hero to contemporary America in large measure because of Colonel Cole Kingseed's scholarship. Conversations with Major Dick Winters takes the Dick Winters story to a new level and makes his legacy even more powerful, more personal, and more compelling to a whole new generation."" -- ""Colonel Kevin Farrell, USA, retired, former chief of military history, US Military Academy at West Point, and author of The Military and the Monarchy"" ""Based on a personal relationship fostered and nurtured through years of conversations and directed reflection, Conversations with Major Dick Winters should be mandatory reading not just for military leaders but by anyone who wants to improve their leadership style by learning from a 'master'...Colonel Kingseed's unparalleled personal relationship with Winters permits the rest of us to eavesdrop as a remarkable soldier recounts his understated leadership journey through war and peace."" -- ""Brigadier General Frank H. Akers Jr., USA, retired, president and CEO, Oak Ridge Strategies Group"" ""Colonel Cole Kingseed has captured the essence of a great military leader as only a soldier-historian can. Dick Winters was an extraordinary combat leader, and Kingseed's extended conversations with him tell us why. Winters possessed a unique and powerful combination of humility, integrity, courage, compassion, resilience, and determination to win."" -- ""Major General H. R. McMaster, USA, commanding general, Fort Benning, Georgia, and author of Dereliction of Duty""

"""Are leaders born or made? The perceptions and the insights of Band of Brothers' Major Dick Winters show that in a democracy, true leaders are cultivated. In the tradition of Lord Moran's The Anatomy of Courage, this is an anatomy of leadership, of courage, of discipline, and above all, of self-knowledge."" -- ""Dennis Showalter, author of Patton and Rommel"" ""Band of Brothers' Major Dick Winters is arguably the most recognizable American hero to contemporary America in large measure because of Colonel Cole Kingseed's scholarship. Conversations with Major Dick Winters takes the Dick Winters story to a new level and makes his legacy even more powerful, more personal, and more compelling to a whole new generation."" -- ""Colonel Kevin Farrell, USA, retired, former chief of military history, US Military Academy at West Point, and author of The Military and the Monarchy"" ""Based on a personal relationship fostered and nurtured through years of conversations and directed reflection, Conversations with Major Dick Winters should be mandatory reading not just for military leaders but by anyone who wants to improve their leadership style by learning from a 'master'...Colonel Kingseed's unparalleled personal relationship with Winters permits the rest of us to eavesdrop as a remarkable soldier recounts his understated leadership journey through war and peace."" -- ""Brigadier General Frank H. Akers Jr., USA, retired, president and CEO, Oak Ridge Strategies Group"" ""Colonel Cole Kingseed has captured the essence of a great military leader as only a soldier-historian can. Dick Winters was an extraordinary combat leader, and Kingseed's extended conversations with him tell us why. Winters possessed a unique and powerful combination of humility, integrity, courage, compassion, resilience, and determination to win."" -- ""Major General H. R. McMaster, USA, commanding general, Fort Benning, Georgia, and author of Dereliction of Duty"""

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Colonel Cole C. Kingseed is a thirty-year Army veteran and the author of several books and many articles on corporate and military leadership. Tom Weiner, a dialogue director and voice artist best known for his roles in video games and television shows such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Transformers, is the winner of eight Earphones Awards and is an Audie Award finalist. He is a former member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

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