From the Best Defense mailbag: Barry’s book on WW II battalion commanders
Today’s mailboat brings Battalion Commanders at War: U.S. Army Tactical Leadership in the Mediterranean Theater, 1942-1943, by Steven Thomas Barry. It looks very interesting. I’ve long been struck by the apparent paradox that battalion command is an important level of command — the first level at which an officer has a staff, perhaps the last ...
Today's mailboat brings Battalion Commanders at War: U.S. Army Tactical Leadership in the Mediterranean Theater, 1942-1943, by Steven Thomas Barry.
Today’s mailboat brings Battalion Commanders at War: U.S. Army Tactical Leadership in the Mediterranean Theater, 1942-1943, by Steven Thomas Barry.
It looks very interesting. I’ve long been struck by the apparent paradox that battalion command is an important level of command — the first level at which an officer has a staff, perhaps the last at which he actually might close with the enemy, as Barry puts it — but there are so few good books about it.
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