https://padlet.com/rtamer/vo7mpqcg4urp00hq WW1 en-us 2021-04-19 00:44:32 UTC 2026-02-23 02:08:15 UTC hello@padlet.com rtamer https://padlet.com/rtamer/vo7mpqcg4urp00hq/wish/1430918540 HS315 Leadership of Great Commanders
4/18/2021]]> 2021-04-19 00:46:39 UTC https://padlet.com/rtamer/vo7mpqcg4urp00hq/wish/1430918540 rtamer https://padlet.com/rtamer/vo7mpqcg4urp00hq/wish/1430931529 2021-04-19 00:51:57 UTC https://padlet.com/rtamer/vo7mpqcg4urp00hq/wish/1430931529 rtamer https://padlet.com/rtamer/vo7mpqcg4urp00hq/wish/1430933454 1. Amazing understanding of the political nature of war

2. Intelligence 

3. Great war manager 

4) Strong ability to recognize talent.

5) Respected, listened and took advice from subordinates.

6) Never let personal feelings get in the way of decisions. 

7) Strength of character

8) Stauchness

9)Courage

10) Firmness]]> 2021-04-19 00:52:36 UTC https://padlet.com/rtamer/vo7mpqcg4urp00hq/wish/1430933454 rtamer https://padlet.com/rtamer/vo7mpqcg4urp00hq/wish/1430955720 1. Slow to comprehend the vast changes to warfare that occured in WW1. Resisting new ideas and innovation is always a receipe for disaster.

2. Reputation of a headhunter led to fear within the ranks.

3. Occasionaly had poor planned operations. 

4. Short sided operational thinking. ]]> 2021-04-19 01:01:59 UTC https://padlet.com/rtamer/vo7mpqcg4urp00hq/wish/1430955720 rtamer https://padlet.com/rtamer/vo7mpqcg4urp00hq/wish/1430985332 1. Oversaw the "construction of 231 hospitals, whose bakeries could produce nearly three million pounds of bread daily, and whose refrigeration plants could make 500 tons of ice per day and store 6,500 tons of meat. In addition to reconditioning 2,000 locomotives and 56,000 rail cars that the AEF obtained from the Allies, the Americans also constructed 1,500 locomotives and 18,000 rail cars that had been shipped in parts to France".

2.  Pershing personally led the successful Meuse-Argonne offensive of 1918.

3. His general leadership skills of the AEF troops in WW1 was paramount in defeating the enemy. 

4. Raised an army from 15-20 thousand to three million in just 18 months.

5. Named "General of the Armies", the second since George Washington. ]]> 2021-04-19 01:14:45 UTC https://padlet.com/rtamer/vo7mpqcg4urp00hq/wish/1430985332 rtamer https://padlet.com/rtamer/vo7mpqcg4urp00hq/wish/1431034369 2021-04-19 01:34:52 UTC https://padlet.com/rtamer/vo7mpqcg4urp00hq/wish/1431034369 rtamer https://padlet.com/rtamer/vo7mpqcg4urp00hq/wish/1431037567 Black Jack]]> 2021-04-19 01:36:10 UTC https://padlet.com/rtamer/vo7mpqcg4urp00hq/wish/1431037567 rtamer https://padlet.com/rtamer/vo7mpqcg4urp00hq/wish/1431044020 Studying General John J. Pershing is important because we need to understand the value of his leadership skills. He is an example of a solid military commander who doesn't fit into the roles Alexander or Ghengis Khan did. This was a different type of warfare, the first of its kind. A great commander fighting a war of this scale has to be a great manager, and that is what Pershing was. ]]> 2021-04-19 01:38:57 UTC https://padlet.com/rtamer/vo7mpqcg4urp00hq/wish/1431044020 rtamer https://padlet.com/rtamer/vo7mpqcg4urp00hq/wish/1431051229 General John Pershing is not your typical great commander when you think of the leaders we have studied earlier in this course. However, war has also evolved, and what is needed from a great commander has changed. Sure, he had his shortcomings, espeically strategy wise, but his ability to build, train and lead such a large force, in such a short period of time, catapults him into the conversation of Great Commander. ]]> 2021-04-19 01:41:58 UTC https://padlet.com/rtamer/vo7mpqcg4urp00hq/wish/1431051229 rtamer https://padlet.com/rtamer/vo7mpqcg4urp00hq/wish/1431057637  Gabel, Christopher & Willbanks, James (2012) Great Commanders

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/08/20/what-black-jack-pershing-can-teach-us-about-fighting-terrorists-215509/

Upton, LTC Kevin (?) Foundations & Legacy: General John J. Pershing. https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/press-media/wwi-centennial-news/6713-foundations-legacy-general-john-j-pershing.html]]> 2021-04-19 01:44:34 UTC https://padlet.com/rtamer/vo7mpqcg4urp00hq/wish/1431057637 chazen7 https://padlet.com/rtamer/vo7mpqcg4urp00hq/wish/1438230535
I think what is so brilliant about General Pershing is his ability to change with the times. He was a forceful and effective leader. His career went from serving in the "Old" Army fighting indians in the West, to a "New" Army, fighting in a World War. ]]> 2021-04-20 14:47:38 UTC https://padlet.com/rtamer/vo7mpqcg4urp00hq/wish/1438230535 chazen7 https://padlet.com/rtamer/vo7mpqcg4urp00hq/wish/1438244519 2021-04-20 14:50:02 UTC https://padlet.com/rtamer/vo7mpqcg4urp00hq/wish/1438244519