The school of hard knocks [electronic resource] : combat leadership in the American Expeditionary Forces / Richard S. Faulkner.
Series: C.A. Brannen series ; no. 12.Publication details: College Station, Tex. : Texas A&M University Press, 2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiii, 392 p. : ill., portsISBN:- 9781603442978 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 1603442979 (cloth)
- 9781603446983 (e-book)
- Combat leadership in the American Expeditionary Forces
- 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 States
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- D570.2 .F38 2012eb
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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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