| Author: | Humphrey Cobb |
| ISBN: | 978-0143106111 |
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| Extended: | CAPT, LT, WO2, SGT |
A soldier in the Canadian Army during the First World War, Cobb produced one of the best anti-war books of all time. Based on true events—the execution of innocent French soldiers for cowardice—this is a tale of privates and generals, of ordering men into battle and the difference between ‘command’ and ‘leadership’
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