Command Culture : officer education in the U.S. Army and the German Armed Forces, 1901-1940, and the consequences for World War II
Jörg Muth
Bok · Engelsk · 2011
| Utgitt | Denton : University of North Texas Press , 2011
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| Omfang | x, 366 s. : ill.
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| Opplysninger | Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Prelude: Military Relations between the United States and Germany and the Great General Staff Fantasy; Part One: The Selection and Commissioning of Officers; 2. No "Brother Officers": Cadets at the United States Military Academy at West Point; 3. "To Learn How to Die": Kadetten in Germany; Part Two: Intermediate Advanced Education and Promotion; 4. The Importance of Doctrine and How to Manage: The American Command and General Staff School; 5. The Importance of the Attack and How to Lead: The German Kriegsakademie; Part Three: Conclusions 6. Education, Culture, and ConsequencesAuthor's Afterword; Officers' Rank Index; Endnotes; Selected Bibliography; Index. - In Command Culture, Jörg Muth examines the different paths the United States Army and the German Armed Forces traveled to select, educate, and promote their officers in the crucial time before World War II. Muth demonstrates that the military education system in Germany represented an organized effort where each school and examination provided the stepping stone for the next. But in the United States, there existed no communication about teaching contents or didactical matters among the various schools and academies, and they existed in a self chosen insular environment. American officers who
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| ISBN | 9781574415339
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