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Money & Business

Entries for November 10, 2006

Why Rumsfeld Soared as CEO, Sank at Pentagon

November 10, 2006 10:31 AM ET | Newman, Rick |

Business leaders love to emulate battlefield commanders as they deploy their troops and make critical decisions. That's why otherwise-arcane military books like The Art of War by Sun Tzu and On War by Carl von Clausewitz remain brisk sellers: They're considered obligatory titles on the bookshelf of any executive with a taste for corporate battle.

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Tags: Army | Department of Defense | Rumsfeld, Donald | corporate culture

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Justin Ewers is a senior editor in the Money & Business section at U.S. News & World Report, where he covers small business, Silicon Valley, and executive management. Most recently, he has written about eBay's growth strategy and Garmin's dominance of the GPS market. His cover stories for the magazine have tackled subjects ranging from Abraham Lincoln's boyhood to the latest trends in college admissions. He also reviews books occasionally for the Washington Post. Ewers earned both a bachelor of arts and a master of arts in history at Stanford University.

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