Command - The Twenty-First-Century General

STOP PRESS APRIL 2019

List of contents

1. Command in the twenty-first century; 2. The division; 3. Defining command; 4. Twentieth-century operations; 5. Twentieth-century command; 6. Leadership; 7. The counter-insurgents; 8. Kandahar; 9. The march up; 10. The new headquarters; 11. Distributing command; 12. The decision point; 13. The crisis; 14. The command collective.

About the author

Anthony King is the chair of War Studies in the Politics and International Studies Department at Warwick University. His most recent publications include The Combat Soldier (2013) and, as editor, Frontline (2015). He has acted as a mentor and adviser to the British Army and the Royal Marines for over a decade and worked as one of General Carter's special advisers in the Prism Cell in Regional Command South, Kandahar, in 2009–10.

Summary

A history of modern military command, from the individualist, heroic generals of the twentieth century to the highly-professionalised command teams of the twenty-first. Profiling prominent contemporary generals and their staffs, King vividly analyses divisional headquarters, giving a unique insight into the transformation of military command.

Product details

• Authors: Anthony King, Anthony (University of Warwick) King, King Anthony
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781108700276
• ISBN: 978-1-108-70027-6
• No. of pages: 504
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 230 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Print on Demand
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; Zwanzigstes Jahrhundert, Verteidigung, Militär, Europa, 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Militärtechnik, Europäische Geschichte, Militärgeschichte, Krieg und Verteidigung, HISTORY / Military / General, Europa / Geschichte, Kulturgeschichte, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science