Pershing and His Generals: Command and Staff in the Aef - Couverture rigide

Cooke, James J.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0275953637 ISBN 13 : 9780275953638

Editeur : Praeger Publishers Inc, 1997

Synopsis

When the United States entered the Great War in April of 1917, there were few officers with any staff training, and none had actually served on large, complex staffs in combat. This work traces the development of the staff of the AEF and describes how Pershing found the generals to command those divisions that fought on the Western Front in World War I. Many of Pershing's generals had been colonels only a few months prior to assuming command of divisions. John J. Pershing's task was to mold a diverse group of men into effective staff officers and into general officers to face the rigors of modern combat. How he accomplished this task, and how well the AEF did, is the focus of this work on the AEF's command and staff structure.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

JAMES J. COOKE is Professor of History at the University of Mississippi. His most recent books are 100 Miles from Baghdad (1993), The Rainbow Division in the Great War (1994), and The U.S. Air Service in the Great War, 1917-1919 (1996), all publsihed by Praeger.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Praeger Publishers Inc
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0275953637
• ISBN 13: 9780275953638
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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