
Here's a list of some classic books that share important leadership lessons from history.
Lincoln on Leadership: Executive Strategies for Tough Times by Donald Phillips
Alexander the Great’s Art of Strategy: The Timeless Lessons of History's Greatest Empire Builder by Partha Bose
George C. Marshall: The Rubrics of Leadership by Steward Husted
Churchill on Leadership: Executive Success in the Face of Adversity by Steven Hayward
Leadership Lessons from the Civil War: Winning Strategies for Today’s Managers by Tom Wheeler
Eisenhower on Leadership: Ike’s Enduring Lessons in Total Victory Management by Alan Axelrod
Leading at the Edge: Leadership Lessons from the Extraordinary Saga of Shackleton’s Antarctic
Expedition by Dennis Perkins
Theodore Roosevelt on Leadership: Executive Lessons from the Bully Pulpit by James Strock
Leadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way by Robin Gerber
The Genius of Sitting Bull: 13 Heroic Strategies for Today’s Business Leaders by Emmett Murphy
The Leadership Moment: Nine True Stories of Triumph and Disaster and Their Lessons for Us All by
Michael Useem
The Way of the Warrior: Business Tactics and Techniques from History’s Twelve Greatest Generals
by James Dunnigan and Daniel Masterson
Into the Unknown: Leadership Lessons from Lewis and Clark’s Daring Westward Expedition by Jack