Gary Sheffield is one of the most versatile and stimulating of military
historians at work today. For 25 years, in a series of perceptive books
and articles, he has examined the First World War from many angles -
from the point of view of the politicians and the high command through
to the junior officers and other ranks in the front line. Morale and
Command presents in a single volume a range of his shorter work, and it
shows his scholarship at its best. The range of his writing, the
insights he offers and the sometimes controversial conclusions he
reaches mean this thought-provoking book will be indispensable reading
for all students of the First World War and of modern warfare in
general.