LEADER 02840nam 2200577 450 001 9910823773503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8131-6840-6 010 $a0-8131-6838-4 035 $a(CKB)3710000000772818 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001597420 035 $a(OCoLC)954595792 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse53068 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4620080 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11242460 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL944007 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4620080 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000772818 100 $a20160708d2016 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe myth and reality of German warfare $eoperational thinking from Moltke the Elder to Heusinger /$fColonel Gerhard P. Gross, Bundeswehr ; edited by Major General David T. Zabecki, USA (Ret.) ; foreword by Robert M. Citino 210 1$aLexington, Kentucky :$cThe University Press of Kentucky,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (465 pages) 225 1 $aForeign military studies 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2016. 311 $a0-8131-6839-2 311 $a0-8131-6837-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Definitions: tactics, operations, strategy -- Factors and constants: space, time, and forces -- The beginnings: planning, mobility, and a system of expedients -- The sword of Damocles: a two-front war -- Bitter awakening: World War I -- Old wine in new wineskins: operational thinking in the Reichswehr and the Wehrmacht between reality and utopia -- Lost victories, or the limits of operational thinking -- Operational thinking in the age of the atom -- Conclusion. 330 8 $aIn this seminal study, Gerhard P. Gross provides a comprehensive examination of the development and failure of German operational thinking over a period of more than a century. He analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of five different armies, from the mid-nineteenth century through the early days of NATO. He also offers fresh interpretations of towering figures of German military history. 410 0$aForeign military studies. 606 $aMilitary planning$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aMilitary planning$zGermany$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aGermany$xHistory, Military$y20th century 607 $aGermany$xHistory, Military$y19th century 615 0$aMilitary planning$xHistory 615 0$aMilitary planning$xHistory 676 $a355.401 700 $aGross$b Gerhard Paul$f1958-$01682577 702 $aZabecki$b David T. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823773503321 996 $aThe myth and reality of German warfare$94052802 997 $aUNINA