"A Navy Admiral’s Bronze Rules uses case studies to explore the inherent risks of leadership and the tools available to those who nevertheless wish to shoulder those responsibilities. Real-world examples are used and inevitably expose hitherto unrevealed history. The latter includes a secret of the Yom Kippur War, the background of the 1986 bloodless revolution in the Philippines, how Admiral Elmo “Bud” Zumwalt was such a unique Chief of Naval Operations, why our National War Plan suddenly had to be revised during the Reagan years, and what spurred President Bill Clinton’s anti-nuclear proliferation success. Rear Admiral Oliver sketches the problems a leader will routinely (and not-so-routinely) face. He invites the reader to consider the attributes that will help best prepare them for future challenges. These thirty-five case studies demonstrate that few real leadership problems will yield to a “one hammer” solution. No matter how good a practitioner may become with one leadership style, one knock-them-dead ability seldom serves to get a leader all the way through their problem or conflict. Oliver thus provides a range of tools for different personalities and situations. The potential leader thus has a variety of solutions to fit the problem as well as an individual’s personal comfort zone." -- Publisher's website

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