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Faulkner, Richard Shawn.

The school of hard knockscombat leadership in the American Expeditionary Forces /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The school of hard knocksRichard S. Faulkner.
Reminder of title:	combat leadership in the American Expeditionary Forces /
Author:	Faulkner, Richard Shawn.
Published:	College Station :Texas A&M University Press,2012.
Description:	1 online resource (416 p.).
Notes:	Originally presented as: Thesis (Ph.D.)--Kansas State University, 2008.
Subject:	World War, 1914-1918United States.
Online resource:	Full text available:
ISBN:	9781603446983 (electronic bk.)

The school of hard knockscombat leadership in the American Expeditionary Forces /
Faulkner, Richard Shawn.

The school of hard knockscombat 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..

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 -- "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.

ISBN: 9781603446983 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Corporate Names:

635101
United States.
Army.--History.Subjects--Topical Terms:

351939
World War, 1914-1918
--United States.

LC Class. No.: D570.2 / .F38 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 940.4/1273

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