The school of hard knocks [electronic resource] : combat leadership in the American Expeditionary Forces / Richard S. Faulkner.
By: Faulkner, Richard Shawn.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Material type: BookSeries: C.A. Brannen series: no. 12.Publisher: College Station, Tex. : Texas A&M University Press, 2012Edition: 1st ed.Description: xiii, 392 p. : ill., ports.Other title: Combat leadership in the American Expeditionary Forces.Subject(s): 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 | Command of troops -- History -- 20th century | Military morale -- United States | World War, 1914-1918 -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 940.4/1273 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to viewItem type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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E-book | IUKL Library | Subscripti | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/kliuc/Doc?id=10561954 | 1 | Available |
Originally presented as: Thesis (Ph.D.)--Kansas State University, 2008.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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