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

by William Westerman

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107190622
• ISBN13: 9781107190627
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"