The challenges of high command : the British experience / edited by Gary Sheffield and Geoffrey Till.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sheffield, Gary, 1961-

Till, Geoffrey.

Series:

Cormorant security studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Command of troops--Case studies.

Command of troops.

History, Military.

Armed Forces.

History.

Great Britain.

Leadership--Case studies.

Leadership.

Great Britain--Armed Forces--History--20th century.

Great Britain--History, Military--20th century--Case studies.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xi, 216 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

Summary:

"The Challenges of High Command" explores British ideas of command and control of military operations and looks at the practicalities of British experience in World War I and II. The contributors cast new light on themes as diverse as the trench warfare of World War I, the conduct of the Gallipoli and Norway campaigns, and the command performance of Bomber Harris and Bill Slim. The book concludes with a major review of how military operations should be conducted in the new political and technological conditions of today and includes an informal and frank commentary by General Sir Mike Jackson on his experience in Bosnia and Kosovo.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0333804384

OCLC:

49959425