Peter E. Hodgkinson

British Infantry Battalion Commanders in the First World War (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

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. In order to reconnect the lines of communication between the General Staff and the front line, and to challenge lingering popular conceptions of callous incompetence, this book analyses a database of more than 4,000 officers who commanded infantry battalions during the war.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317171911
• Artikelnr.: 49352456

Autorenporträt

Peter Hodgkinson is a Clinical Psychologist with a life-long interest in the First World War. He was one of the first graduates of the MA in British First World War Studies in 2006, and subsequently studied for a PhD in the Department of War Studies. He is the author a range of psychology articles and the book 'Coping with Catastrophe' second edition (Routledge, 1998); and of 'Clearing the Dead', in the online journal of the Birmingham University Centre for First World War Studies, Sept. 2007 Vol 3:1; and 'The Infantry Commanding Officers of the British Expeditionary Force of 1914', in S. Jones ed. 'Stemming the Tide', to be published by Helion (2013).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Old contemptibles
Dug-outs
Attrition and change in command
Evolution of command in the integrated army
Hiring and firing
'Men to be followed, feared and loved'
'Professional men of war'
The hundred days: meritocracy in command?
Conclusion
Bibliography
Indexes.