Soldiers and Gentlemen - Australian Battalion Commanders in the Great War, 19141918

Informationen zum Autor William Westerman is a researcher for the Official History of Australian Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. He also holds a position at the University of New South Wales, Canberra as a Teaching Fellow with the Military and Defence Studies Program, Australian Command and Staff College, Canberra. Klappentext In Soldiers and Gentlemen, Westerman explores the stories of the vitally important, yet often forgotten, Australian commanding officers. Zusammenfassung In his ground-breaking book! William Westerman explores the stories of the vitally important! yet often forgotten! commanding officers of the First World War. Theirs is a story of the timeless challenges of military leadership! and this book prevents them from slipping from the public memory to enhance our knowledge of the conflict. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. 'He knows how to make soldiers': raising the RAF; 2. 'Everything is a terrible muddle': the Gallipoli campaign, 1915; 3. 'No Shortage of senior officers': command turnover; 4. 'Serious, scientific war': the Western Front and trench warfare, 1916-17; 5. 'The hardest task in the army': the Western Front and administration; 6. 'A good man to serve under': the Western Front and personal factors; 7. 'The destiny of the empire': the Western Front, 1918.

Product details

• Authors: William Westerman, William (Australian National University Westerman
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.02.2017
• EAN: 9781107190627
• ISBN: 978-1-107-19062-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Australian Army History Series; Australian Army History; Australian Army History; Australian Army History Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous