Commanding Officers

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: John Murray
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2001
Edition: First Edition

Description: 273 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: This book concentrates wholly on the all-important role of the commanding officer. There are many books which study the art of high command in war, and almost as many on individual acts of heroism. There are however few about the leadership required of the men (and in the future women) who are the most important people in the military chain of command: the commanding officers. These people - naval ship captains, army battalion commanders and air force squadron leaders - are the vital link in the chain, whose job is to ensure that higher commands orders and plans are carried out, and to react to events during the course of battle. It is on their shoulders that success or failure in the front line rests, as they make crucial decisions, frequently at very short notice, and sometimes involving major moral decisions, all amid shot, shell and confusion.

ISBN: 9780719559891