The school of hard knocks :: combat leadership in the American Expeditionary Forces /

This important new history of the development of a leadership corps of officers during World War I opens with a gripping narrative of the battlefield heroism of Cpl. Alvin York, juxtaposed with the death of Pvt. Charles Clement less than two kilometers away. Clement had been a captain and an example...

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1. Verfasser: Faulkner, Richard Shawn
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2012.
Ausgabe:1st ed.
Schriftenreihe:C.A. Brannen series ; no. 12.
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Zusammenfassung:This important new history of the development of a leadership corps of officers during World War I opens with a gripping narrative of the battlefield heroism of Cpl. Alvin York, juxtaposed with the death of Pvt. Charles Clement less than two kilometers away. Clement had been a captain and an example of what a good officer should be in the years just before the beginning of the war. His subsequent failure as an officer and his redemption through death in combat embody the question that lies at the heart of this comprehensive and exhaustively researched book: What were the faults o.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiii, 392 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781603446983
1603446982

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