The school of hard knocks
Subtitle: combat leadership in the American Expeditionary Forces
By: Richard S. Faulkner
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: C. A. Brannen series -- no. 12; C.A. Brannen series -- no. 12.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9781603442978; 9781603446983
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Unit cohesion; United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces; Mobilization; Officers; Military morale; United States; Training of; Non-commissioned officers; Command of troops; Operational readiness; United States. Army; History
Other titles: Combat leadership in the American Expeditionary Forces
Notes: Originally presented as: Thesis (Ph.D.)--Kansas State University, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Combat leadership in the AEF: a tale of Alvin and Charles; title: "To be instructed in the dark art and mystery of managing men"; title: Small-unit leadership in the Old Army; title: "We find ourselves in need of a vast army of officers"; title: The stateside selection and training of officers; title: "By improvised and uncoordinated means"; title: Officer selection and training in 1918; title: "Ninety-day wonders" and "jumped-up sergeants"; title: Stateside mobilization and the challenges of small-unit leadership; title: "My God! This is Kitchener's army all over again"; title: Leader training in the American Expeditionary Forces in France; title: "Gone blooey"; title: The AEF's systems for addressing officer incompetence and inefficiency; title: Noncoms, doughboys and the Sam Brownes; title: The relations between the leader and the led in the US Army; title: Combat physics and the ugly realities of attritional warfare; title: The school of hard knocks; title: Combat leadership and the attritional battlefield; title: Conclusions: A tale of George and Henry; title: Appendix: Organization of AEF infantry rifle companies and platoons.