Leadership in the trenches
Subtitle: officer-man relations, morale and discipline in the British Army in the era of the First World War
By: G. D. Sheffield ; foreword by Peter Simkins.
Series: Studies in military and strategic history
Publisher: Macmillan in association with King's College, London
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Basingstoke
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: Great Britain. -- Army -- Officers -- History -- 20th century.; Leadership.; Morale.; Command of troops.; Military discipline -- Great Britain.; World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain.
Description: This book explores the relationship between the regimental officer and the ordinary soldier during World War I to uncover why, in spite of appalling conditions in the trenches of the Western Front, the British army was almost untouched by major mutiny.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.