"This collection of essays, written by members of the British Commission for Military History, examines key aspects of the experience of the US and British armies, ranging from the American Civil War to the most recent example of high intensity maneuver war, the Gulf Conflict of 1991. The exercise of command in particular is an under-researched area and the essays make a major contribution to our understanding of this vital topic."--Jacket.

Includes index.

Chapter 1. -- Introduction: Command, Leadership and the Anglo-American Experience - G.D. Sheffield -- Chapter 2. -- The Commander and his Chief of Staff: Ulysses S. Grant and John A. Rawlins, 1861-1865 - Brian Holden Reid -- Chapter 3. -- Command in the Late Victorian Army - Ian F.W. Beckett -- Chapter 4. -- High Command in the United States: The Emergence of a Modern System, 1898-1920 - Ronald J. Barr -- Chapter 5. -- Haig, Gough and Passchendaele - Andrew A. Wiest -- Chapter 6. -- British Generals in the First World War - J.M. Bourne -- Chapter 7. -- Leadership in the British Army in the Second World War: Some Personal Observations - Michael Howard -- Chapter 8. -- 'A Brigadier is only a coordinator.' British Command at Brigade Level in North-West Europe, 1944: A Case Study - Nigel de Lee.