Building the Army's Backbone

Canadian Non-Commissioned Officers in the Second World War

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

AvAndrew L. Brown

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-02-04
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt560 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieStudies in Canadian Military History
Antal sidor300
FörlagUniversity of British Columbia Press
ISBN9780774866965

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"Andrew Brown…has credibly produced a historiographic masterpiece…It is a significant read for every NCO, military leaders, instructors, and historians, and anyone who wants to know how key conditions were set for Canadian military success in the Second World War."- John M. Hinck (The Journal of Military History) "Overall, [Brown] presents a narrative of NCO development that is contextualised within the Canadian Army's wider wartime activities. It is a thoroughly valuable contribution to the historiography"- Megan Hamilton, King's College London (Canadian Military History)