Chief of staff . Volume 1 Napoleonic wars to World War 1 : the principal officers behind history's great commanders / / David T. Zabecki
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| Autore: |
Zabecki David T
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| Titolo: |
Chief of staff . Volume 1 Napoleonic wars to World War 1 : the principal officers behind history's great commanders / / David T. Zabecki
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| Pubblicazione: | Annapolis, Maryland : , : Naval Institute Press, , [2008] |
| ©2008 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (255 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 355.0092/2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Armed Forces - Officers |
| Command of troops | |
| Generals | |
| Leadership | |
| Military history, Modern - 19th century | |
| Military history, Modern - 20th century | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Table of Contents; Foreword by Professor Dennis Showalter; Introduction; Index of Great Commanders; Part One: The Nineteenth Century ; 1. Louis-Alexandre Berthier; 2. August Neithardt von Gneisenau; 3. Randolph B. Marcy; 4. John A. Rawlins; 5. Helmuth Carl Bernard Graf von Moltke; Part Two: World War I ; 6. Erich Ludendorff; 7. Carl Adolf Maximilian Hoffmann; 8. Hans von Seeckt; 9. Hermann von Kuhl; 10. Konstantin Schmidt von Knobelsdorf; 11. Fritz von Lossberg; 12. Maxime Weygand; 13. Launcelot Kiggell and Herbert Lawrence; 14. James Guthrie Harbord; Contributors; Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The two-volume Chief of Staff examines the history, development, and role of the military duty position of the chief of staff. Many books have studied history's great commanders and the art of command. None have focused exclusively on the chief of staff -- that key staff officer responsible for translating the ideas of the commander into practical plans that common soldiers can execute successfully on the battlefield. In some cases, it is almost impossible to think of certain great commanders without also thinking of their chief of staff. Napoleon's chief of staff Berthier and Eisenhower's chi |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Napoleonic wars to World War 1 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Chief of staff |
| ISBN: | 1-61251-558-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910464270303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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