The Russell Cawthorn Collection
The Great War 1914-1918, and Associated Conflicts Command Leadership Studies at all Levels
RCC8019
British Infantry Battalion Commanders in the First World War
ISBN
9780367599836
Purchase Price
£30.70 (new)
Date Purchased
January 28, 2021
Publisher
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group (2015, London & New York)
Notes
This book is part of the "Ashgate Studies in First World War History" Series, Series Editor Professor John Bourne of the University of Birmingham. Recent studies of the British Army during the First World War have fundamentally overturned historical understandings of its strategy and tactics, yet the chain of command that linked the upper echelons of GHQ to the soldiers in the trenches remains poorly understood. This book examines: (1) how and where resources were found from the small officer corps of 1914 to cope with the requirements for commanding officers in the expanding army; (2) what was the quality of the men who rose to command; (3) beyond simple overall quality, exactly what qualities were perceived as making an effective C.O.; and (4) to what extent a meritocracy developed in the British Army by the Armistice. The Series Editor, Professor John Bourne, comments that future students of the British Army on the Western Front will have to take this work into account in assessing the response of the British State, the British Army, and the British People to the unprecedented challenges posed by a war against the military and industrial might of Germany.
9780367599836
Purchase Price
£30.70 (new)
Date Purchased
January 28, 2021
Publisher
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group (2015, London & New York)
Notes
This book is part of the "Ashgate Studies in First World War History" Series, Series Editor Professor John Bourne of the University of Birmingham. Recent studies of the British Army during the First World War have fundamentally overturned historical understandings of its strategy and tactics, yet the chain of command that linked the upper echelons of GHQ to the soldiers in the trenches remains poorly understood. This book examines: (1) how and where resources were found from the small officer corps of 1914 to cope with the requirements for commanding officers in the expanding army; (2) what was the quality of the men who rose to command; (3) beyond simple overall quality, exactly what qualities were perceived as making an effective C.O.; and (4) to what extent a meritocracy developed in the British Army by the Armistice. The Series Editor, Professor John Bourne, comments that future students of the British Army on the Western Front will have to take this work into account in assessing the response of the British State, the British Army, and the British People to the unprecedented challenges posed by a war against the military and industrial might of Germany.