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The School of Hard Knocks

Combat Leadership in the American Expeditionary Forces

By: Richard S. Faulkner

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The School of Hard Knocks

Combat Leadership in the American Expeditionary Forces

By: Richard S. Faulkner

This important new history of the development of a leadership corps of officers during World War I opens with a gripping narrative of the battlefield heroism of Cpl. Alvin York, juxtaposed with the death of Pvt. Charles Clement less than two kilometers away. Clement had been a captain and an example of what a good officer should be in the years just before the beginning of the war. His subsequent failure as an officer and his redemption through death in combat embody the question that lies at the heart of this comprehensive and exhaustively researched book: What were the faults of US military policy regarding the training of officers during the Great War? In The School of Hard Knocks, Richard S. Faulkner carefully considers the selection and training process for officers during the years prior to and throughout the First World War. He then moves into the replacement of those officers due to attrition, ultimately discussing the relationship between the leadership corps and the men they commanded. Replete with primary documentary evidence including reports by the War Department during and subsequent to the war, letters from the officers detailing their concerns with the training methods, and communiqués from the leaders of the training facilities to the civilian leadership, The School of Hard Knocks makes a compelling case while presenting a clear, highly readable, no-nonsense account of the shortfalls in officer training that contributed to the high death toll suffered by the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I.

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Texas A&M University Press

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1603446982

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Pershing's Crusaders

The American Soldier in World War I

By: Richard S. Faulkner

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The American Soldier in World War I

By: Richard S. Faulkner

The Great War caught a generation of American soldiers at a turning point in the nation's history. At the moment of the Republic's emergence as a key player on the world stage, these were the first Americans to endure mass machine warfare, and the first to come into close contact with foreign peoples and cultures in large numbers. What was it like, Richard S. Faulkner asks, to be one of these foot soldiers at the dawn of the American century? How did the doughboy experience the rigors of training and military life, interact with different cultures, and endure the shock and chaos of combat? The answer can be found in Pershing's Crusaders, the most comprehensive, and intimate, account ever given of the day-to-day lives and attitudes of the nearly 4.2 million American soldiers mobilized for service in World War I. Pershing’s Crusaders offers a clear, close-up picture of the doughboys in all of their vibrant diversity, shared purpose, and unmistakably American character. It encompasses an array of subjects from the food they ate, the clothes they wore, their view of the Allied and German soldiers and civilians they encountered, their sexual and spiritual lives, their reasons for serving, and how they lived and fought, to what they thought about their service along every step of the way. Faulkner's vast yet finely detailed portrait draws upon a wealth of sources—thousands of soldiers' letters and diaries, surveys and memoirs, and a host of period documents and reports generated by various staff agencies of the American Expeditionary Forces. Animated by the voices of soldiers and civilians in the midst of unprecedented events, these primary sources afford an immediacy rarely found in historical records. Pershing's Crusaders is, finally, a work that uniquely and vividly captures the reality of the American soldier in WWI for all time.

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University Press of Kansas

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0700623736

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9780700623730

Isometries on Banach Spaces

function spaces

By: Richard J. Fleming,James E. Jamison

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Isometries on Banach Spaces

function spaces

By: Richard J. Fleming,James E. Jamison

Fundamental to the study of any mathematical structure is an understanding of its symmetries. In the class of Banach spaces, this leads naturally to a study of isometries-the linear transformations that preserve distances. In his foundational treatise, Banach showed that every linear isometry on the space of continuous functions on a compact metric

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209

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CRC Press

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1420026151

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9781420026153

Suburban Homes for Business Men

By: Richard Nelson

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Suburban Homes for Business Men

By: Richard Nelson

Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3368853406

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9783368853402

The Battle of Britain

By: Richard Hough,Denis Richards

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The Battle of Britain

By: Richard Hough,Denis Richards

High above the warm, summer fields Churchill's 'few' fought with courage & skill against overwhelming odds - and won. A vivid account of the air battles as well as an explanation of how the campaign developed. Fresh insights into the controversies with the aid of original material as well as recollections of many of the surviving air crew & ground staff. Vividly illustrated with many photographs. Denis Richards, co-author of the official history of RAF operations in World War Two, and Richard Hough, the historian and biographer, have collaborated to write this magnificent new account for the general reader; as well as offering vivid descriptions of the air fighting. It explains with great authority how both sides developed their air forces in the inter-war years, a necessary prelude to a true understanding of the Battle itself. It provides fresh insights into the controversies of the time and makes use of original material derived from interviews and correspondence with over three hundred surviving air-crew and ground staff.

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462

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Pen and Sword

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1844156575

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9781844156573

The Battle of Britain: The Greatest Air Battle of World War II

By: Richard Alexander Hough,Denis Richards

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The Battle of Britain: The Greatest Air Battle of World War II

By: Richard Alexander Hough,Denis Richards

A definitive account of the three-month air battle in 1940 between the Royal Air Force and the Luftwaffe. The victory of the Battle of Britain ranks with Marathon and the Marne as a decisive point in history. At the end of June 1940, having overrun much of Western Europe, the Nazi war leaders knew that they had to defeat the Royal Air Force Fighter Command before they could invade the British mainland. With a finely-struck balance of historical background and dramatic renderings of RAF and Luftwaffe engagements over the English countryside, Hough and Richards offer a history that is at once deep and wide-ranging. They offer insight into how the British laid the groundwork for victory through aircraft research and production, the development and implementation of command and control structures, and research into new technologies, the most important of which was radar. Hough and Richards also utilize first-person accounts of the battle whenever possible, rendering the battle scenes with cinematic intensity. A compelling introduction to one of the most important battles of World War II, The Battle of Britain pays tribute to the men about whom Winston Churchill would remark, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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039334794X

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9780393347944

Pershing's Crusaders

The American Soldier in World War I

By: Richard S. Faulkner

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The American Soldier in World War I

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The School of Hard Knocks

Combat Leadership in the American Expeditionary Forces

By: Richard S. Faulkner

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Combat Leadership in the American Expeditionary Forces

By: Richard S. Faulkner

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The School of Hard Knocks

The School of Hard Knocks

Pershing's Crusaders

Pershing's Crusaders

Isometries on Banach Spaces

Isometries on Banach Spaces

Suburban Homes for Business Men

Suburban Homes for Business Men

The Battle of Britain

The Battle of Britain

The Battle of Britain: The Greatest Air Battle of World War II

The Battle of Britain: The Greatest Air Battle of World War II

Pershing's Crusaders

Pershing's Crusaders

The School of Hard Knocks

The School of Hard Knocks

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