John Nelson Rickard

Politics of Command

Lieutenant-General A.G.L. McNaughton and the Canadian Army, 1939-1943

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Produktbeschreibung

The Politics of Command re-examines Lieutenant-General A.G.L. McNaughtonâ s command and argues that the long-accepted reasons for his relief of duty warrant review.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 642g
• ISBN-13: 9781487541026
• ISBN-10: 1487541023
• Artikelnr.: 60907155

Autorenporträt

John Nelson Rickard is a Captain in the Canadian Armed Forces and has a PhD in military history from the University of New Brunswick.

Inhaltsangabe

Maps
Tables and Figures 
Foreword by Marc Milner 
Preface by Lieutenant-General Andrew Leslie
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part One: The Making of Andy McNaughton
1. Early Life and the Crucible of the First World War
2. The Road to High Command
Part Two: The Problem of Deploying the Army
3. A Willingness to Fight, 1940-1941
4. From ROUNDUP to TORCH
5. Practical Operations of War
Part Three: McNaughton as Military Commander and Trainer
6. The Difficulty of Training in 1940
7. The Politics of Training
8. Enter Montgomery
9. Exercise SPARTAN
10. The Long Shadow of Spartan
Part Four: The End of an Idea
11. The Sicily Incident
12. Broken Dagger: A Corps in Italy
13. The Final Months of McNaughton's Command
Epilogue
Conclusion
Appendices
Notes
Bibliography
Index