Command Culture: Officer Education in the U.S. Army and the German Armed Forces, 1901-1940, and the Consequences for World War II
by Jörg Muth
University of North Texas Press, 2011
Cloth: 978-1-57441-303-8 | eISBN: 978-1-57441-364-9
Library of Congress Classification U408.M87 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 355.55097309041
TOC
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 Consequences
Author’s Afterword
Officers’ Rank Index
Endnotes
Selected Bibliography
Index
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