03501nam a2200553 a 4500 EBC1100942 MiAaPQ 20250821123404.0 m o d | cr cn||||||||| 110615s2012 txuac sb 001 0 eng d 2011025679 9781603442978 (cloth : alk. paper) 1603442979 (cloth) 9781603446983 (electronic bk.) (MiAaPQ)EBC1100942 (Au-PeEL)EBL1100942 (CaPaEBR)ebr10561954 (CaONFJC)MIL368308 (OCoLC)808337213 MiAaPQ MiAaPQ MiAaPQ n-us--- D570.2 .F38 2012 940.4/1273 23 Faulkner, Richard Shawn. 475253 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. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. United States. Army Officers Training of. 475254 United States. Army Non-commissioned officers Training of. 475255 United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces Unit cohesion. 475256 United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces Mobilization. 475257 United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces Operational readiness. 475258 United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces History. 475259 Command of troops History 20th century. 475260 Military morale United States. 475261 World War, 1914-1918 United States. 475262 Electronic books. 35142 ProQuest (Firm) 475263 C.A. Brannen series ; no. 12. 475264 https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kuct-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1100942 Click to View 295766 295766