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020			_a9781603446983
020			_a1603446982
020			_z9781603442978 (cloth : alk. paper)
020			_z1603442979 (cloth)
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050	0	0	_aD570.2 _b.F38 2012
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100	1		_aFaulkner, Richard Shawn.
245	1	4	_aThe school of hard knocks _h[electronic resource] : _bcombat leadership in the American Expeditionary Forces / _cRichard S. Faulkner.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aCollege Station : _bTexas A&M University Press, _c2012. _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (416 p.)
490	1		_aC. A. Brannen series ; _vno. 12
500			_aOriginally presented as: Thesis (Ph.D.)--Kansas State University, 2008.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aCombat 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.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1914-1918 _zUnited States.
650		0	_aMilitary morale _zUnited States.
650		0	_aCommand of troops _xHistory _y20th century.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bArmy. _bAmerican Expeditionary Forces _xHistory.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bArmy. _bAmerican Expeditionary Forces _xOperational readiness.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bArmy. _bAmerican Expeditionary Forces _xMobilization.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bArmy. _bAmerican Expeditionary Forces _xUnit cohesion.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bArmy _xNon-commissioned officers _xTraining of.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bArmy _xOfficers _xTraining of.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse.
830		0	_aC.A. Brannen series ; _vno. 12.
830		0	_aUPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781603446983/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c35505 _d35505