The school of hard knocks
Faulkner, Richard Shawn.
The school of hard knocks combat leadership in the American Expeditionary Forces / [electronic resource] : Richard S. Faulkner. - 1st ed. - College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (416 p.) - C. A. Brannen series ; no. 12 . - C.A. Brannen series ; no. 12. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
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.
9781603446983 1603446982
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces --History.
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces --Operational readiness.
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces --Mobilization.
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces --Unit cohesion.
United States. Army --Non-commissioned officers--Training of.
United States. Army --Officers--Training of.
World War, 1914-1918--United States.
Military morale--United States.
Command of troops--History--20th century.
Electronic books.
D570.2 / .F38 2012
940.4/1273
The school of hard knocks combat leadership in the American Expeditionary Forces / [electronic resource] : Richard S. Faulkner. - 1st ed. - College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (416 p.) - C. A. Brannen series ; no. 12 . - C.A. Brannen series ; no. 12. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
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.
9781603446983 1603446982
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces --History.
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces --Operational readiness.
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces --Mobilization.
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces --Unit cohesion.
United States. Army --Non-commissioned officers--Training of.
United States. Army --Officers--Training of.
World War, 1914-1918--United States.
Military morale--United States.
Command of troops--History--20th century.
Electronic books.
D570.2 / .F38 2012
940.4/1273