The school of hard knocks : combat leadership in the American Expeditionary Forces, Richard S. Faulkner

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The school of hard knocks : combat leadership in the American Expeditionary Forces, Richard S. Faulkner

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combat leadership in the American Expeditionary Forces

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Richard S. Faulkner

Instantiates

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

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• College Station, Texas A&M University Press, ©2012

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Originally presented as: Thesis (Ph.D.)--Kansas State University, 2008

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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• nc

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rdacarrier

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text

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• txt

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rdacontent

Contents

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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732627444

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25 cm

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1st ed.

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xiii, 392 pages

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9781603442978

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(cloth)

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2011025679

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unmediated

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rdamedia

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• n

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illustrations

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.b85532253

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(OCoLC)732627444