
Soldiers and Gentlemen
Australian Battalion Commanders in the Great War, 1914â1918
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Soldiers and Gentlemen
Australian Battalion Commanders in the Great War, 1914â1918
About this book
Soldiers and Gentlemen: Australian Battalion Commanders in the Great War, 1914â1918 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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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title page
- Series page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of maps
- List of tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Measurements
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 âHe Knows How to Make Soldiersâ: Raising the AIF
- 2 âEverything is a Terrible Muddleâ: The Gallipoli Campaign, 1915
- 3 âNo Shortage of Senior Officersâ: Command Turnover
- 4 âSerious, Scientific Warâ: The Western Front and Trench Warfare, 1916â1917
- 5 âThe Hardest Task in the Armyâ: Battalion Administration
- 6 âA Good Man to Serve Underâ: Leadership and Personal Factors
- 7 âThe Destiny of the Empireâ: the Western Front, 1918
- Conclusion
- Appendix A: COsâ Periods of Command
- Appendix B: Statistics
- Appendix C: Battalion Organisation
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index