TY - BOOK AU - Delaney,Douglas E. TI - The Soldiers' General: Bert Hoffmeister at War T2 - Studies in Canadian Military History Series SN - 9780774851435 AV - U55.H63 -- D45 2005eb U1 - 940.541271092 PY - 2005/// CY - Vancouver PB - University of British Columbia Press KW - Hoffmeister, Bert, -- 1907-1999 -- Military leadership KW - Canada. -- Canadian Army. -- Canadian Armoured Division, 5th -- History KW - Canada. -- Canadian Army -- Officers -- Biography KW - World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front KW - Generals -- Canada -- Biography KW - World War, 1939-1945 -- Canada -- Biography KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Contents -- Maps, Figures, Photographs -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- The Soldiers' General -- 1 Looking at Command -- 2 A Young Man before the War -- 3 The Years of Company Command and Personal Turmoil -- 4 Battalion Command: Training for War -- 5 Battalion Command: The Battlefield Test -- 6 Brigade Command -- 7 Division Command and the Liri Valley -- 8 The Lessons from Liri -- 9 Gothic Line to the End in Italy -- 10 Northwest Europe and After -- 11 Hoffmeister and Command -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index N2 - A complex, analytical yet accessible portrait of Bert Hoffmeister, who won more awards than any Canadian officer in the Second World War UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3412060 ER -