LEADER 03691nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910463870903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-77231-X 010 $a9786613683083 010 $a1-60344-698-2 035 $a(CKB)3170000000046402 035 $a(EBL)1100942 035 $a(OCoLC)808337213 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000601797 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11390286 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000601797 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10568848 035 $a(PQKB)10332481 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1100942 035 $a(OCoLC)794003433 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse15848 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1100942 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10561954 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL368308 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000046402 100 $a20110615d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe school of hard knocks$b[electronic resource] $ecombat leadership in the American Expeditionary Forces /$fRichard S. Faulkner 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCollege Station, Tex. $cTexas A&M University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (410 p.) 225 1 $aC.A. Brannen series ;$vno. 12 300 $aOriginally presented as: Thesis (Ph.D.)--Kansas State University, 2008. 311 $a1-60344-297-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $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. 330 $aThis important new history of the development of a leadership corps of officers during World War I opens with a gripping narrative of the battlefield heroism of Cpl. Alvin York, juxtaposed with the death of Pvt. Charles Clement less than two kilometers away. Clement had been a captain and an example of what a good officer should be in the years just before the beginning of the war. His subsequent failure as an officer and his redemption through death in combat embody the question that lies at the heart of this comprehensive and exhaustively researched book: What were the faults o 410 0$aC.A. Brannen series ;$vno. 12. 606 $aCommand of troops$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aMilitary morale$zUnited States 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCommand of troops$xHistory 615 0$aMilitary morale 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918 676 $a940.4/1273 700 $aFaulkner$b Richard Shawn$0936321 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463870903321 996 $aThe school of hard knocks$92109231 997 $aUNINA