03794nam 2200769 450 991082814700332120240131153446.00-8014-6857-41-322-50445-80-8014-6858-210.7591/9780801468582(CKB)3710000000238132(OCoLC)892910298(CaPaEBR)ebrary10929452(SSID)ssj0001352193(PQKBManifestationID)11871067(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001352193(PQKBWorkID)11309358(PQKB)10217076(OCoLC)1132223339(MdBmJHUP)muse58248(DE-B1597)518272(OCoLC)1091712940(DE-B1597)9780801468582(Au-PeEL)EBL3138658(CaPaEBR)ebr10929452(CaONFJC)MIL681727(OCoLC)922998705(MiAaPQ)EBC3138658(EXLCZ)99371000000023813219840327d1984 uy| 0engur||#||||||||txtccrThe 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 centuryFBCMilitary art and scienceGermanyHistory20th centuryFBCMilitary art and scienceGreat BritainHistory20th centuryStrategiFBCMilitærvidenskabFBCKrigskunstFBCStrategyHistoryMilitary art and scienceHistoryMilitary art and scienceHistoryMilitary art and scienceHistoryStrategiMilitærvidenskabKrigskunst355/.02355.43zPosen Barry R., authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1487384Posen Barry1487384MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828147003321The sources of military doctrine3993119UNINA