Soldiers and Gentlemen : Australian Battalion Commanders in the Great War, 1914-1918 /
Soldiers and Gentlemen: Australian Battalion Commanders in the Great War, 1914?1918 is the first book to examine the background, role and conduct of Australian commanding officers during the First World War. Though they held positions of power, commanding officers inhabited a leadership no man'...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; Port Melbourne, Vic. :
Cambridge University Press,
2017.
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| Series: | Australian Army history series.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | Soldiers and Gentlemen: Australian Battalion Commanders in the Great War, 1914?1918 is the first book to examine the background, role and conduct of Australian commanding officers during the First World War. Though they held positions of power, commanding officers inhabited a leadership no man's land - they exerted great influence over their units, but they were also largely excluded from the decision-making process and faced the same risks as junior officers on the battlefield. A soldier's well-being and success in battle was heavily dependent on a commanding officer's competence, but little is known about the men who filled these roles. In his groundbreaking book, William Westerman explores the stories of the vitally important, yet often forgotten, commanding officers. 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. |
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| Item Description: | William Westerman is affiliated with Australian National University, Canberra. Record machine-generated from publisher information. EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America EBSCO eBook History Collection |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 volume) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781108123167 1108123163 1108122965 9781108122962 9781108122566 1108122566 9781108116039 1108116035 |
