Faulkner, Richard Shawn. <br/><br/>
The school of hard knocks  combat leadership in the American Expeditionary Forces /  [electronic resource] : 
 Combat leadership in the American Expeditionary Forces 
Richard S. Faulkner. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - College Station, Tex. :  Texas A&M University Press,  2012. 
 - xiii, 392 p. :  ill., ports. 
 - C.A. Brannen series ;  no. 12 .
 - C.A. Brannen series ;  no. 12. .
<br/><br/> Originally presented as: Thesis (Ph.D.)--Kansas State University, 2008. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781603446983 (electronic bk.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Army --Officers--Training of.<br/>United States. Army --Non-commissioned officers--Training of.<br/>United States. Army.  American Expeditionary Forces --Unit cohesion.<br/>United States. Army.  American Expeditionary Forces --Mobilization.<br/>United States. Army.  American Expeditionary Forces --Operational readiness.<br/>United States. Army.  American Expeditionary Forces --History.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Command of troops--History--20th century.<br/>Military morale--United States.<br/>World War, 1914-1918--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>D570.2  / .F38 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>940.4/1273