Command culture
Subtitle: officer education in the U.S. Army and the German Armed Forces, 1901-1940, and the consequences for World War II
By: Jörg Muth
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Denton, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9781574413038
Subjects: United States; Training of; United States. Army; Armed Forces; Military education; History; Recruiting, enlistment; Officers
Description: This study examines the command culture of the US Army officer corps, encompassing the formal culture as taught by military schools as well as the informal culture as reinforced by peers, and compares it to the command culture of the German Army. The men studied were career officers in the regular army, commissioned during or after 1901 but mainly between 1909 and 1925. Most of the American officers studied attended The Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia, and the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Their German counterparts attended the Kriegsakademie or its substitute institutes between 1912 and 1938. The study focuses on who had access to the schools and which processes men had to follow to continue; it is also concerned with the teaching philosophies of the schools, didactics and pedagogies used, and the attitudes of faculty. The study concludes by examining intermediate professional military education in both armies. The book contains b & w historical photos.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-354) and index.