LEADER 03794nam 2200769 450 001 9910828147003321 005 20240131153446.0 010 $a0-8014-6857-4 010 $a1-322-50445-8 010 $a0-8014-6858-2 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801468582 035 $a(CKB)3710000000238132 035 $a(OCoLC)892910298 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10929452 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001352193 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11871067 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001352193 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11309358 035 $a(PQKB)10217076 035 $a(OCoLC)1132223339 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse58248 035 $a(DE-B1597)518272 035 $a(OCoLC)1091712940 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801468582 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138658 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10929452 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL681727 035 $a(OCoLC)922998705 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138658 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000238132 100 $a19840327d1984 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe sources of military doctrine $eFrance, Britain, and Germany between the world wars 210 1$aIthaca$cCornell University Press$d1984 215 $a1 online resource (283 p.) 225 1 $aCornell studies in security affairs 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tPreface --$t1. The Importance of Military Doctrine --$t2. Explaining Military Doctrine --$t3. The Battles of 1940 --$t4. France --$t5. Britain --$t6. Germany --$t7. Conclusions --$tNotes --$tSelected Bibliography --$tIndex 330 $aBarry 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. 606 $aStrategy$xHistory$y20th century$2FBC 606 $aMilitary art and science$zFrance$xHistory$y20th century$2FBC 606 $aMilitary art and science$zGermany$xHistory$y20th century$2FBC 606 $aMilitary art and science$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aStrategi$2FBC 606 $aMilitærvidenskab$2FBC 606 $aKrigskunst$2FBC 615 7$aStrategy$xHistory 615 7$aMilitary art and science$xHistory 615 7$aMilitary art and science$xHistory 615 0$aMilitary art and science$xHistory 615 7$aStrategi 615 7$aMilitærvidenskab 615 7$aKrigskunst 676 $a355/.02 686 $a355.43$2z 700 $aPosen$b Barry R., $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01487384 701 $aPosen$b Barry$01487384 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828147003321 996 $aThe sources of military doctrine$93993119 997 $aUNINA