04660nam 2200769Ia 450 991045354060332120200520144314.00-8014-6861-21-322-50468-70-8014-6862-010.7591/9780801468629(CKB)2550000001192981(OCoLC)849949859(CaPaEBR)ebrary10715673(SSID)ssj0001035791(PQKBManifestationID)11656929(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001035791(PQKBWorkID)11032540(PQKB)10995846(MiAaPQ)EBC3138485(DE-B1597)527341(OCoLC)1105910746(DE-B1597)9780801468629(OCoLC)1227050256(MdBmJHUP)muse58397(Au-PeEL)EBL3138485(CaPaEBR)ebr10715673(CaONFJC)MIL681750(OCoLC)922998408(EXLCZ)99255000000119298119901121e19891984 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe ideology of the offensive[electronic resource] military decision making and the disasters of 1914 /Jack SnyderIthaca, N.Y. Cornell University Press1989, c19841 online resource (270 p.) Cornell studies in security affairsCornell paperbacksIncludes index.0-8014-8244-5 0-8014-1657-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Military Bias and Offensive Strategy -- 2. France: Offensive Strategy as an Institutional Defense -- 3. France: Du Picq, Dreyfus, and the Errors of Plan 17 -- 4. Germany: The Elusive Formula for Decisive Victory -- 5. Germany: The "Necessary" Is Possible -- 6. Russia: Bureaucratic Politics and Strategic Priorities -- 7. Russia: The Politics and Psychology of Overcommitment -- 8. The Determinants of Military Strategy -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- IndexJack Snyder's analysis of the attitudes of military planners in the years prior to the Great War offers new insight into the tragic miscalculations of that era and into their possible parallels in present-day war planning. By 1914, the European military powers had adopted offensive military strategies even though there was considerable evidence to support the notion that much greater advantage lay with defensive strategies. The author argues that organizational biases inherent in military strategists' attitudes make war more likely by encouraging offensive postures even when the motive is self-defense.Drawing on new historical evidence of the specific circumstances surrounding French, German, and Russian strategic policy, Snyder demonstrates that it is not only rational analysis that determines strategic doctrine, but also the attitudes of military planners. Snyder argues that the use of rational calculation often falls victim to the pursuit of organizational interests such as autonomy, prestige, growth, and wealth. Furthermore, efforts to justify the preferred policy bring biases into strategists' decisions-biases reflecting the influences of parochial interests and preconceptions, and those resulting from attempts to simplify unduly their analytical tasks.The frightening lesson here is that doctrines can be destabilizing even when weapons are not, because doctrine may be more responsive to the organizational needs of the military than to the implications of the prevailing weapons technology. By examining the historical failure of offensive doctrine, Jack Snyder makes a valuable contribution to the literature on the causes of war.Offensive (Military science)History20th centuryMilitary planningFranceHistory20th centuryMilitary planningGermanyHistory20th centuryMilitary planningSoviet UnionHistory20th centuryWorld War, 1914-1918CampaignsElectronic books.Offensive (Military science)HistoryMilitary planningHistoryMilitary planningHistoryMilitary planningHistoryWorld War, 1914-1918Campaigns.355.4/3/09034Snyder Jack L914179MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453540603321The ideology of the offensive2490004UNINA04145nam 2200637 450 991081409960332120230205051318.01-4426-2256-31-4426-2255-510.3138/9781442622555(CKB)3710000000484132(EBL)4180609(SSID)ssj0001613597(PQKBManifestationID)16338563(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001613597(PQKBWorkID)14913994(PQKB)10708619(MiAaPQ)EBC4669197(OOCEL)450753(CaBNVSL)thg00970529(DE-B1597)465838(OCoLC)940674162(DE-B1597)9781442622555(Au-PeEL)EBL4669197(CaPaEBR)ebr11255742(OCoLC)922926086(OCoLC)1368188444(MdBmJHUP)musev2_106852(EXLCZ)99371000000048413220160916h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA meeting of the minds the Massey College story /Judith Skelton GrantToronto, [Ontario] ;London, [England] ;Buffalo, [New York] :University of Toronto Press,2015.©20151 online resource (789 p.)Includes index.1-4426-5020-6 Includes bibliographical references (pages [679]-681) and index.Frontmatter --Contents --Preface --Part One: The Years of Preparation --1. Vincent Massey: A Man of Vision --2. The Massey Foundation --3. Choosing an Architect and a Master --4. The Master Designate Joins the Team --Part Two: The Mastership of Robertson Davies --5. The College Comes to Life --6. Difficult College Finances --7. Restiveness in the 1960s --8. Women Are Admitted to the Fellowship --9. College Life, 1965-81 --Part Three: The Mastership of Patterson Hume --10. Dealing with Financial Stringency --11. College Life, 1981-8 --Part Four: The Mastership of Ann Saddlemyer --12. Community Building --13. A Higher Public Profile --Part Five: The Mastership of John Fraser --14. Fraser Takes Charge --15. Second-Year Blues and Expansion Begins --16. New Initiatives, 1997-2002 --17. Fraser's Ideals Take Shape, 2002-9 --18. College Life, 2009-13, Overview, and Postscript --Principal Sources of Unpublished Material --Books and Writings Cited in More Than One Chapter --Abbreviations Used in the Text and the Notes --Acknowledgments --Picture Credits --Notes --Index."Opened in 1963, Massey College is a residential college for graduate students at the University of Toronto. The college was the brainchild of Vincent Massey, Canada's first native-born Governor General, who wanted to create an intellectually stimulating milieu like the one he associated with the long-established colleges of Oxford and Cambridge. Massey College's first master was the legendary Canadian novelist, playwright, and editor, Robertson Davies. Davies and his successors--Patterson Hume, Ann Saddlemyer, and John Fraser--fostered a dynamic community of students, scholars, and public intellectuals that thrives today under the mastership of Hugh Segal. Written by Judith Skelton Grant, A Meeting of Minds is the definitive account of the college's first fifty years, its many traditions, and the hundreds of fellows who have passed through its halls. Full of wonderful anecdotes about the college's notable fellows and alumni, this history of Massey College takes the reader into the heart of one of Canada's most important intellectual institutions."--From publisher's website.Universities and collegesOntarioTorontoHistoryOntarioTorontofastUniversities and collegesHistory.378.713/541Grant Judith Skelton700281MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814099603321A meeting of the minds4081147UNINA