The myth and reality of German warfare : operational thinking from Moltke the Elder to Heusinger / / Colonel Gerhard P. Gross, Bundeswehr ; edited by Major General David T. Zabecki, USA (Ret.) ; foreword by Robert M. Citino
(Visualizza in formato marc)
(Visualizza in BIBFRAME)
| Autore: |
Gross Gerhard Paul <1958->
|
| Titolo: |
The myth and reality of German warfare : operational thinking from Moltke the Elder to Heusinger / / Colonel Gerhard P. Gross, Bundeswehr ; edited by Major General David T. Zabecki, USA (Ret.) ; foreword by Robert M. Citino
|
| Pubblicazione: | Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (465 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 355.401 |
| Soggetto topico: | Military planning - Germany - History - 20th century |
| Military planning - Germany - History - 19th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Germany History, Military 20th century |
| Germany History, Military 19th century | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | ZabeckiDavid T. |
| Note generali: | Previously issued in print: 2016. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction -- 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The myth and reality of German warfare |
| ISBN: | 0-8131-6840-6 |
| 0-8131-6838-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910798408503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Foreign military studies.