03254nam a2200493 a 4500 ebr10561954 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 110615s2012 txuac sb 001 0 eng d 2011025679 9781603442978 (cloth : alk. paper) 1603442979 (cloth) 9781603446983 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)797844711 n-us--- D570.2 .F38 2012eb 940.4/1273 23 Faulkner, Richard Shawn. The school of hard knocks [electronic resource] : combat leadership in the American Expeditionary Forces / Richard S. Faulkner. Combat leadership in the American Expeditionary Forces 1st ed. College Station, Tex. : Texas A&M University Press, 2012. xiii, 392 p. : ill., ports. 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 -- "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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 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. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. C.A. Brannen series ; no. 12. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10561954 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 203165 203165