Leadership in the Trenches: Officer-Man Relations, Morale and Discipline in the British Army in the Era of the First World War

Why, despite the appalling conditions in the trenches of the Western Front, was the British army almost untouched by major mutiny during the First World War? Drawing upon an extensive range of sources, including much previously unpublished archival material, G. D. Sheffield seeks to answer this question by examining a crucial but previously neglected factor in the maintenance of the British army's morale in the First World War: the relationship between the regimental officer and the ordinary soldier.

Author: G. Sheffield
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 11/02/2000
Pages: 270
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.86h x 5.70w x 0.94d
ISBN: 9780312226404

About the Author
G. D. Sheffield is with the Department of War Studies at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst.