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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Rickard, John Nelson (1969-....)
Titre(s) : The politics of command [Texte imprimé] : Lieutenant-General A.G.L. McNaughton and the Canadian army, 1939-1943 / John Nelson Rickard
Publication : Toronto : University of Toronto Press, copyright 2010
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XXVIII-366 p.) ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 333-356. Index
"In December 1943, Lieutenant-General A.G.L. McNaughton resigned from command of the
1st Canadian Army amidst criticism of his poor generalship and of his abrasive personality.
Despite McNaughton's importance to the Canadian Army during the first four years of
the Second World War, little has been written about the man himself or the circumstances
of his resignation ; In The Politics of Command, the first full-length study of the
subject since 1969, John Nelson Rickard analyzes McNaughton's performance during exercise
SPARTAN in March 1943 and assesses his relationships with key figures such as Sir
Alan F. Brooke, Bernard Paget, and Harry Crerar. This detailed re-examination of McNaughton's
command argues that the long-accepted reasons for his relief of duty require extensive
modification ; Based on a wide range of sources, The Politics of Command will redefine
how military historians and all Canadians look not only at "Andy" McNaughton, but
the Canadian Army as well."--Pub. desc
Sujet(s) : McNaughton, Andrew (1887-1966) -- Leadership militaire
Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) -- Participation canadienne
Canada. Armée canadienne -- 1939-1945 (Guerre mondiale)
Genre ou forme : Biographie
Indice(s) Dewey :
940.541 271092 (23e éd.) = Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 - Unités militaires des Alliés - Canada - Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781442640023. - ISBN 1442640022 (br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb469760133
Notice n° :
FRBNF46976013
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Early life and the crucible of the First World War ; The road to high command ;
A willingness to fight, 1940-1941 ; From ROUNDUP to TORCH ; Practical operations
of war ; The difficulty of training in 1940 ; The politics of training ; Enter
Montgomery ; Exercise SPARTAN ; The long shadow of SPARTAN ; The Sicily incident
; Broken dagger : a corps in Italy ; The final months of McNaughton's command.
