Building the Army's Backbone : Canadian Non-Commissioned Officers in the Second World War (Studies in Canadian Military History)

Brown, Andrew L.

University of British Columbia Press（2022/08発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 300 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780774866972
• DDC分類 355.338

Full Description

In September 1939, Canada's tiny army began its remarkable expansion into a wartime force of almost half a million soldiers. No army can function without a backbone of skilled non-commissioned officers (NCOs) - corporals, sergeants, and warrant officers - and the army needed to create one out of raw civilian material. Building the Army's Backbone tells the story of how senior leadership created a corps of NCOs that helped the burgeoning force train, fight, and win. This innovative book uncovers the army's two-track NCO-production system: locally organized training programs were run by units and formations, while centralized training and talent-distribution programs were overseen by the army. Meanwhile, to bring coherence to the two-track approach, the army circulated its best-trained NCOs between operational forces, the reinforcement pool, and the training system. The result was a corps of NCOs that collectively possessed the necessary skills in leadership, tactics, and instruction to help the army succeed in battle.

Contents

Introduction

1 Profile of the Infantry Senior NCOs

2 NCO Development before the War

3 The Wartime Army's Expectations of Its NCOs

4 Wartime Drivers of NCO Development

5 Unit and Formation Programs

6 The Mass Army's Programs in Canada

7 The Mass Army's Programs in the United Kingdom

8 Managing the Talent

Conclusion

Notes; Bibliography; Index