Soldiers and Gentlemen
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Soldiers and Gentlemen

Australian Battalion Commanders in the Great War, 1914–1918

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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Soldiers and Gentlemen

Australian Battalion Commanders in the Great War, 1914–1918

About this book

Soldiers and Gentlemen: Australian Battalion Commanders in the Great War, 1914–1918 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

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Series page
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright page
  6. Dedication
  7. Epigraph
  8. Contents
  9. List of figures
  10. List of maps
  11. List of tables
  12. Preface
  13. Acknowledgements
  14. Measurements
  15. List of abbreviations
  16. Introduction
  17. 1 ‘He Knows How to Make Soldiers’: Raising the AIF
  18. 2 ‘Everything is a Terrible Muddle’: The Gallipoli Campaign, 1915
  19. 3 ‘No Shortage of Senior Officers’: Command Turnover
  20. 4 ‘Serious, Scientific War’: The Western Front and Trench Warfare, 1916–1917
  21. 5 ‘The Hardest Task in the Army’: Battalion Administration
  22. 6 ‘A Good Man to Serve Under’: Leadership and Personal Factors
  23. 7 ‘The Destiny of the Empire’: the Western Front, 1918
  24. Conclusion
  25. Appendix A: COs’ Periods of Command
  26. Appendix B: Statistics
  27. Appendix C: Battalion Organisation
  28. Notes
  29. Bibliography
  30. Index