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Brigadier is a military rank, the seniority of which depends on the country. In some countries, it is a senior rank above colonel, equivalent to a brigadier general or commodore, typically commanding a brigade of several thousand soldiers. In other countries, it is a non-commissioned rank. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: BrigadierA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: General Brigadier Mc. Mario Alva Rodríguez (1927-2021) In MemoriamInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The Adventures of GerardThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: BRIGADIER JOHN TILTMAN: ONE OF BRITAIN'S FINEST CRYPTOLOGISTSCited 17 times
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📖 Definitions
Noun An army rank; an officer commanding a brigade.
Noun A field officer of the highest grade, below general officers, NATO grade OF-7.
Noun Ellipsis of brigadier general.
Noun The head of a workforce in the Soviet Union.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
BRIGADIER JOHN TILTMAN: ONE OF BRITAIN'S FINEST CRYPTOLOGISTS
The settler response to the Indian Crisis of 1923 in Kenya: Brigadier general Philip Wheatley and ‘direct action’
Assessing the ability of fodder beet (Beta vulgarisL. ‘Brigadier’) to absorb sodium from a soil irrigated with sodium-enriched water
‘Disaster in Surabaya’: The death of brigadier Mallaby during the British occupation of Java, 1945–46
Brigadier H. St. J. L. Winterbotham, C.B., C.M.G.
Air Force Executive Nurse Leadership Impact: Brigadier General Diann Hale O’Connor, Air Force Nurse Corps Chief From 1982 to 1985
Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes
Notes on the Flora of the Country Passed Through by the Expeditionary Force under Brigadier-General Chamberlain, against the Mahsood Wuzeeris; April 17th to May 19th, 1860
🆕 Influential since 2022
General Brigadier Mc. Mario Alva Rodríguez (1927-2021) In Memoriam
Pragmatic Markers in an Appellate Court Judgment: General Brigadier, A.M Adekunle (Rtd) V. Rockview
AN OFF-RECORD POLITENESS STRATEGY IN COMMISSION III OF THE DPR RI ON PREMEDITATED MURDER OF BRIGADIER J
ANALYSIS OF EXCLUSION AND INCLUSION IN THE MYSTERY NEWS OF BRIGADIER JOSUA'S DEATH, NEW FACTS REVEALED, BHARADA E ADMITS BEING ORDERED TO KILL BASED ON THEO VAN LEEUWEN'S MODEL
Texas Brigadier to the Fall of Atlanta: John Bell Hood by Stephen Davis
📚 Books worth reading
The Adventures of GerardArthur Conan Doyle · 1902- 📕The BrigadierJohn Hislop · 1973
A refutation of the letter to an Hon. Brigadier-General, Commander of His Majesty's forces in CanadaThurlow, Edward Thurlow baron · 1760- 📕The remarkable characters of Arthur Conan DoyleJoel Silver, Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington) · 2013
- 📕An Act to Designate the Facility of the United States Postal Service Located at 110 Mastic Road in Mastic Beach, New York, as the "Brigadier General Nathaniel Woodhull Post Office Building."United States · 2012
Brigadier Gentle HeroDavid Parkins · 2009- 📕A refutation of the Letter to an Honble. Brigadier-General, commander of his Majesty's forces in Canada [i.e. Lord George Townshend]Thurlow, Edward 1st Baron Thurlow · 1760
- 📕Museo Histórico SaavedraCarlos María Gelly y Obes · 1984
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