The Commanders (eBook, PDF)

Australian Military Leadership in the Twentieth Century
Redaktion: Horner, D. M.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1984, this book tells the story of sixteen of Australia's most eminent military men, as they performed under the stress of strategy-making and in the heat of battle. This roll-call of some of Australia's greatest warriors presents a fascinating picture of the realities of war at the top.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 382
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000339024
• Artikelnr.: 61093124

Autorenporträt

D. M. Horner

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. Illustrations. Maps. Contributors. Guide to Army Ranks
and Command Structure. Approximate Equivalent Ranks. Abbreviations. 1.
Introduction D.M. Horner Part 1: The First World War 2. Major-General Sir
William Bridges: Australia's First Field Commander Chris Coulthard-Clark
3. General Sir Brudenell White: The Staff Officer as Commander Guy Verney
4. Vice-Admiral Sir William Creswell: First Naval Member of the Australian
Naval Board, 1911-19 Stephen D. Webster 5. General Sir Harry Chauvel:
Australia's First Corps Commander A. J. Hill 6. General Sir John Monash:
Corps Commander on the Western Front P.A. Pedersen Part 2: The Second World
War 7. Lieutenant-General Sir John Lavarack: From Chief of the General
Staff to Corps Commander A. B. Lodge 8. Lieutenant-General Sir Vernon
Sturdee: The Chief of the General Staff as Commander D. M. Horner 9.
Lieutenant-General Henry Gordon Bennett: A Model Major-General? A. B. Lodge
10. Lieutenant-General Sir Leslie Morshead: Commander, 9th Australian
Division A. J. Hill 11. Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey:
Commander-in-Chief, Australian Military Forces D. M. Horner 12.
Lieutenant-General Sir Sydney Rowell: Dismissal of a Corps Commander D. M.
Horner 13. Lieutenant-General the Honourable Sir Edmund Herring: Joint and
Allied Commander Stuart Sayers 14. Major-General George Alan Vasey:
Commander, 7th Australian Division D. M. Horner Part 3: Post-Second World
War 15. Lieutenant-General Sir Horace Robertson: Commander-in-Chief British
Commonwealth Occupation Force Ronald Hopkins 16. Air Chief Marshal Sir
Frederick Scherger: Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee Harry Rayner 17.
General Sir John Wilton: A Commander for his Time Ian McNeill. Notes.
Index.