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Researching personnel recruitment in companies is a significant research topic in business administration, which is, as is well known, a part of economics. As a qualified military economist, the author has always been interested in topics related to economics and the military. He has not only researched and published on defence systems and their challenges for personnel recruitment, but has also increasingly addressed the question of the mechanisms behind the appointment of qualified, but often unfortunately underqualified, persons to the highest leadership positions over the past few years in popular science military journals. It is therefore high time to write a scientifically sound essay about it and to answer the question by whom and how the selection of a Supreme-Commander was made.

When the author began his scientific research, he naturally searched for existing scientific literature on this special topic. These investigations were not satisfactory even though he came across extremely interesting results, i.e. Malcolm Wanklyn: Parliament's Generals: Supreme Command and Politics During the British Wars 1642-51, Pen and Sword Military, Philadelphia 2019; Barry Strauss: Masters of Command: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership (Lessons from Ancient War Leaders), Simon & Schuster, New York 2013; Matthew L. Cavanaugh: On Supreme Command: The Characteristics of Successful American Generals at War, doctoral dissertation at University of Reading, 2018.

After knowing the available literature, he can now claim a new approach to the question by whom and how the selection of a Supreme-Commander was made, but he does not claim to have conclusively answered the research question. He is more concerned with using this publication to initiate a discussion process for further fruitful scientific research work on this topic.