Men Against Fire
Subtitle: The Problem of Battle Command
Edition: 1st University of Oklahoma Press Ed edition
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: September 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780806132808
Subjects: War & defence operations; United States; Military Land Forces; Military Organization And Administration; History; Technology & Industrial Arts; Military; Morale; Military Science; Military - World War I; Armed Forces; Command of troops; Leadership
First sentence: IN THE early years of World War II, it was the common practice of public spokesmen in the United States to magnify the role of the machine in war while minimizing the importance of large forces of well-trained foot soldiers.