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Why were the American POWs imprisoned at the "Hanoi Hilton" so resilient in captivity and so successful in their subsequent careers? This book presents six principles practiced within the POW organizational culture that can be used to develop high-performance teams everywhere. The authors offer examples from both the POWs' time in captivity and their later professional lives that identify, in real-life situations, the characteristics necessary for sustainable, high-performance teamwork. The book takes readers inside the mind of James Stockdale, a fighter pilot with a degree in philosophy, who was the senior ranking officer at the Hanoi prison. The theories Stockdale practiced become readily understandable in this book. Drawing parallels between Stockdale's guiding philosophies from the Stoic Epictetus and the principles of modern sports psychology, Peter Fretwell and Taylor Baldwin Kiland show readers how to apply these principles to their own organizations and create a culture with staying power.
About the Author
Taylor Baldwin Kiland is a writer and ghostwriter who specializes in military non-fiction. She has written, co-authored or ghost-written more than 15 books, including Tech in the Trenches: Strategic Inventions of the War on Terror (Cavendish Square, 2017) , Drones: Remote-Controlled Warfare (Enslow, 2017) , The Military GPS: Cutting-Edge Global Positioning System (Enslow, 2017) , CyberTechnology: Using Computer to Fight Terrorism (Enslow, 2016) , Military Submarines: Sea Power (Enslow, 2016) , Fighter Planes: Masters of the Sky (Enslow, 2016) , Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton: Six Characteristics of High-Performance Team (Naval Institute Press, 2013) , Open Doors: Vietnam POWs Thirty Years Later (Potomac Books, Inc., 2005) , The U.S. Navy & Military Careers (Enslow Publishers, 2006) , A Walk in the Yard: A Self-Guided Walking Tour of the U.S. Naval Academy (Naval Institute Press, 2007) .
A former naval officer - the third generation in her family to serve in the Navy, Taylor spent 20 years in the private sector as a marketing communications professional before starting her writing career. She holds a master's degree in Marketing Communications from Northwestern University and a bachelor's degree in Journalism from the University of Southern California. She lives in Alexandria, Virginia, with her husband and five-year-old daughter.
