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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



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Autore: Gross Gerhard Paul <1958-> Visualizza persona
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 Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8131-6840-6
0-8131-6838-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910798408503321
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Serie: Foreign military studies.