03252nam a2200493 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020003900112020002300151020002700174040002100201035002100222043001200243050002400255082001900279100002900298245013500327246005900462250001200521260006400533300003300597490003400630500007600664504005100740505106000791533015201851610004902003610006602052610007302118610007202191610008102263610006702344650004602411650003602457650004102493655002902534710001702563830003502580856012602615999001702741ebr10561954CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||110615s2012    txuac   sb    001 0 eng d  z  2011025679  z9781603442978 (cloth : alk. paper)  z1603442979 (cloth)  z9781603446983 (e-book)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)797844711  an-us---14aD570.2b.F38 2012eb04a940.4/12732231 aFaulkner, Richard Shawn.14aThe school of hard knocksh[electronic resource] :bcombat leadership in the American Expeditionary Forces /cRichard S. Faulkner.30aCombat leadership in the American Expeditionary Forces  a1st ed.  aCollege Station, Tex. :bTexas A&M University Press,c2012.  axiii, 392 p. :bill., ports.1 aC.A. Brannen series ;vno. 12  aOriginally presented as: Thesis (Ph.D.)--Kansas State University, 2008.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.10aUnited States.bArmyxOfficersxTraining of.10aUnited States.bArmyxNon-commissioned officersxTraining of.10aUnited States.bArmy.bAmerican Expeditionary ForcesxUnit cohesion.10aUnited States.bArmy.bAmerican Expeditionary ForcesxMobilization.10aUnited States.bArmy.bAmerican Expeditionary ForcesxOperational readiness.10aUnited States.bArmy.bAmerican Expeditionary ForcesxHistory. 0aCommand of troopsxHistoryy20th century. 0aMilitary moralezUnited States. 0aWorld War, 1914-1918zUnited States. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc. 0aC.A. Brannen series ;vno. 12.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10561954zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c94761d94761