Timeline for What does “Lead from behind” exactly mean?
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| Nov 2, 2011 at 2:08 | comment | added | Yoichi Oishi | @Tom Au. I thought “Leading from the behind” is physically impossible concept. You can lead a thing from the front and push a thing from behind. You can command a person from back seat. But you can’t lead a thing from behind, because it flexes if you keep pushing. However I found that “Leading from behind” was a new neology in the following sentence of New York Times columnist, Roger Cohen in his article titled “Leading from Behind” (October 31, 2011)* “Leading from behind” - a phrase first used by a White House adviser in a New Yorker article by Ryan Lizza - was smart policy in Libya.” | |
| Jul 3, 2011 at 21:51 | comment | added | UtopiaLtd | "He lead his regiment from behind" appears in the Duke of Plaza-Toro's Act I song in Gilbert & Sullivan's The Gondoliers, but it's more about how the Duke stayed at the rear away from fighting, "but when away his regiment ran, his place was at the fore-o!" | |
| Jun 28, 2011 at 12:59 | comment | added | Tom Au | @Yoichi: I was trying to contrast that phrase with what I believe to be the more normal usage. That's why I brought it up again (in a different context than yours). | |
| Jun 28, 2011 at 11:24 | comment | added | Yoichi Oishi | As I wrote to kiamulauluno, 'Take a back seat' seems to be most fitted to the phrase in question now by going through several answers . | |
| Jun 26, 2011 at 23:08 | history | answered | Tom Au | CC BY-SA 3.0 |