03425nam 2200649 450 991045985280332120220121211245.00-8014-6857-41-322-50445-80-8014-6858-210.7591/9780801468582(CKB)3710000000238132(OCoLC)892910298(CaPaEBR)ebrary10929452(SSID)ssj0001352193(PQKBManifestationID)11871067(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001352193(PQKBWorkID)11309358(PQKB)10217076(MiAaPQ)EBC3138658(OCoLC)1132223339(MdBmJHUP)muse58248(DE-B1597)518272(OCoLC)1091712940(DE-B1597)9780801468582(Au-PeEL)EBL3138658(CaPaEBR)ebr10929452(CaONFJC)MIL681727(OCoLC)922998705(EXLCZ)99371000000023813219840327d1984 uy| 0engtxtccrThe sources of military doctrine France, Britain, and Germany between the world warsIthacaCornell University Press19841 online resource (283 p.)Cornell studies in security affairsFrontmatter --Contents --Preface --1. The Importance of Military Doctrine --2. Explaining Military Doctrine --3. The Battles of 1940 --4. France --5. Britain --6. Germany --7. Conclusions --Notes --Selected Bibliography --IndexBarry R. Posen explores how military doctrine takes shape and the role it plays in grand strategy-that collection of military, economic, and political means and ends with which a state attempts to achieve security. Posen isolates three crucial elements of a given strategic doctrine: its offensive, defensive, or deterrent characteristics, its integration of military resources with political aims, and the degree of military or operational innovation it contains. He then examines these components of doctrine from the perspectives of organization theory and balance of power theory, taking into account the influence of technology and geography.Looking at interwar France, Britain, and Germany, Posen challenges each theory to explain the German Blitzkrieg, the British air defense system, and the French Army's defensive doctrine often associated with the Maginot Line. This rigorous comparative study, in which the balance of power theory emerges as the more useful, not only allows us to discover important implications for the study of national strategy today, but also serves to sharpen our understanding of the origins of World War II.StrategyHistory20th centuryFBCMilitary art and scienceFranceHistory20th centuryMilitary art and scienceGermanyHistory20th centuryMilitary art and scienceGreat BritainHistory20th centuryStrategyHistoryMilitary art and scienceHistoryMilitary art and scienceHistoryMilitary art and scienceHistoryPosen Barry1037326MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459852803321The sources of military doctrine2458235UNINA