Command Culture: Officer Education in the U.S. Army and the German Armed Forces, 1901-1940, and the Consequences for World War II

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355 Index 15th Infantry, 134, 141 37th Tank Battalion, 130 3rd Infantry Division, 207, 209 4th Armored Division, 130 4th Infantry Division, 210 -AAbitur (German degree that allows immediate access to university), 86, 104, 105, 275 n128 Abrams, Creighton W., 127 as army chief of staff, 61 as cadet, 62–63, 188 in WW II, 130 Abschlussreise, 166 Academy, The. See United States Military Academy Adams, John, 51 AEF. See American Expeditionary Forces Alger, Russell A., 24 Allen, Terry de la Mesa, 174 alumni of United States Military Academy, 46 United States Military Academy, attitude, 186–88, 216 United States Military Academy, attitude towards hazing, 57 United States Military Academy, glorifying of experiences, 110 United States Military Academy, lack of comprehension for hazing, 62 United States Military Academy, opinion on cadet training, 80–81 alumni, Kadettenschulen, criticism by, 110 American Civil War, 17–18, 25, 44, 107 officers left over from the, 24 Index 356 Command Culture American Expeditionary Forces, 26, 83, 126, 189 Anschluß. See Austria Anzio, 2 applicatory method, 116 applied tactics, 152 Army War College, 10, 25, 121, 123, 136, 178 curriculum, racism, 135 practice of war games, 117 Arnold, Henry H. “Hap,” 168 Auftragstaktik, 205, 209 connection to cadet education, 92, 183 definition, 173 emergence of, 40, 183 example for, 173–74 Moltke’s concept of, 22 ruination of in WW II, 203 Austria, annexation of, 38 AWC. See Army War College -BBarnard , John G., 19 Beast Barracks, 49–50, 64, 92, 250 n103 Beck, Ludwig, 163, 168, 171 Bell, Franklin, 61, 117 Benning Renaissance, 141 Bessel, William B., 74 Bismarck, Otto von, 21 Blomberg, Werner von, 136, 164, 202 Blount, Buford C., III, 207–9 Blue Force Tracker System, 206, 208 Blumenson, Martin, 6 Blumentritt, Günther, 38 Board of Visitors, 71 Boetticher, Friedrich von, 33 Bolivian-Paraguayan Conciliation Commission, 134 Boxer Rebellion, 30 Brabson, Fay W., 134 Brandenburg, 168, 169 Brauchitsch, Walther von, 203 Buckner, Simon B., 99 Bulge, Battle of the, 102, 210 Bundeswehr (Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Germany), 86 Butcher, Harry C., 1–2 -CCCC . See Civilian Conservation Corps Chief of Infantry, 184 Chynoweth, Bradford G., 124, 132 Citadel, The, 10, 49 Civil Service Board, 48 Civilian Conservation Corps, 199, 201, 312 n73 Clark, Mark W., 1, 2, 11 Clarke, Bruce C., 122, 129–30 Clausewitz, Carl von, 20, 21, 191, 230 n32 Cleveland, Grover, 64 Coalition Forces Land Component Commander, 206 Collins, Joe Lawton, 196 as cadet, 67 as instructor at United States Military Academy, 69 at Command and General Staff School, 132 desire to read, 2502 Command and General Staff College, 206; see also Command and General Staff School Command and General Staff School (Ft. Leavenworth), 7 ability of students, 127, 176 access to, 122–23 as career stepping stone, 125 class atmosphere, 132, 150 classroom repetitions, 116 curriculum, 31, 131, 189–90 curriculum, armored warfare, 130 Index 357 curriculum, command process, 121 curriculum, intelligence (G-2) instructions, 122–23 curriculum, military history, 117 curriculum, racism, 135 curriculum, tactics, 5 curriculum, war games, 116–17 didactics, 116, 117, 128–30, 186, 190–91, 196 entrance examination, 125, 176 faculty, attitude of, 5, 121, 135, faculty, inbreeding, 126 faculty, opinion of members, 126 faculty, qualifications, 126, 135, 176, 190 founding, 115 German officers at, 136 German teaching material, 133 grading, 132, 134 graduates in WW II, 9 lack of leadership training, 103, 121 lack of preparation for, 176, 191 mixed reputation of, 121, 122, 126, 146 number of classes, 118, 122–23 opinion of German officers, 136– 37 production of manuals, 26, 125–26 ranks admitted, 115 ranks attending, 117, 122–23, 128 reading On War at, 21 satirical student newspaper, 163 student survey, 118, 121 students opinions, 162 teaching priorities, 118 workload for students, 128 command culture, 8–11, 147, 178, 194, 209 commissioning procedure (Germany), 11, 40 Conger, Arthur L., 150 Convention of Tauroggen, 170 Cook, Gilbert, 141 Corbin, Henry C., 25 Creveld, Martin van, 3–4 Croft, Edward, 83 culture of war (German), misunderstandings , 15 Czechoslovakia, annexation of, 38 -DD -Day, 102 Delbrück, Hans, 150 Desert Fox. See Rommel, Erwin Dickson, Benjamin A. “Monk,” 51– 52, 72 Dietrich, Josef “Sepp,” 28 doctrine, 118, 195, 208, 210–11 application of, 9, 81 as taught at the CGSS, 5, 125– 26, 162, 175 from foreign manuals, 32 problems of, 110, 172, 178, 190, 194–95 unimportance in German officer training, 171–72, 205 DOG...