The school of hard knocks : combat leadership in the American Expeditionary Forces /

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This important new history of the development of a leadership corps of officers during World War I opens with a gripping narrative of the battlefield heroism of Cpl. Alvin York, juxtaposed with the death of Pvt. Charles Clement less than two kilometers away. Clement had been a captain and an example...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Faulkner, Richard Shawn
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2012.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:C.A. Brannen series ; no. 12.
Temas:
United States. > Army > Officers > Training of.
United States. > Army > Non-commissioned officers > Training of.
United States. > Army. > American Expeditionary Forces > Unit cohesion.
United States. > Army. > American Expeditionary Forces > Mobilization.
United States. > Army. > American Expeditionary Forces > Operational readiness.
United States. > Army. > American Expeditionary Forces > History.
United States. > Army
United States. > Army. > American Expeditionary Forces
1900-1999
Command of troops > History > 20th century.
Military morale > United States.
World War, 1914-1918 > United States.
Commandement des troupes > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Militaires > Moral > États-Unis.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > États-Unis.
HISTORY > Military > World War I.
Armed Forces > Unit cohesion
Armed Forces > Operational readiness
Armed Forces > Officers > Training of
Armed Forces > Non-commissioned officers > Training of
Armed Forces > Mobilization
Command of troops
Military morale
Operational readiness (Military science)
United States
Electronic books.
History
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  • Combat leadership in the AEF: a tale of Alvin and Charles
  • "To be instructed in the dark art and mystery of managing men"
  • Small-unit leadership in the Old Army
  • "We find ourselves in need of a vast army of officers"
  • The stateside selection and training of officers
  • "By improvised and uncoordinated means"
  • Officer selection and training in 1918
  • "Ninety-day wonders" and "jumped-up sergeants"
  • Stateside mobilization and the challenges of small-unit leadership
  • "My God! This is Kitchener's army all over again"
  • Leader training in the American Expeditionary Forces in France
  • "Gone blooey"
  • The AEF's systems for addressing officer incompetence and inefficiency
  • Noncoms, doughboys and the Sam Brownes
  • The relations between the leader and the led in the US Army
  • Combat physics and the ugly realities of attritional warfare
  • The school of hard knocks
  • Combat leadership and the attritional battlefield
  • Conclusions: A tale of George and Henry
  • Appendix: Organization of AEF infantry rifle companies and platoons.

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