| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
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| Title Information: |
combat leadership in the American Expeditionary Forces |
| Author: |
FaulknerRichard Shawn, |
| Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Project Muse |
| Place of Publication: |
College Station |
| Published: |
Texas A&M University Press; |
| Year of Publication: |
2012 |
| Edition: |
1st ed. |
| Description: |
1 online resource (416 p.). |
| Series: |
C. A. Brannen series |
| Subject: |
World War, 1914-1918 - United States - |
| Subject: |
Military morale - United States - |
| Subject: |
Command of troops - History - 20th century - |
| Online resource: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781603446983/ |
| Notes: |
Originally presented as: Thesis (Ph.D.)--Kansas State University, 2008 |
| ISBN: |
9781603446983electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
1603446982electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
9781603442978hbk. |
| ISBN: |
1603442979hbk. |
| Content Note: |
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 -- "Byimprovised 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 systemsfor 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 |