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After Clausewitz
Echevarria Ii, Antulio J. (Director Of National Security Studies, Strategic Studies Institute, Us Army War College, Usa)
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Hardcover. The Kaiser's military theorists have often been portrayed as narrow-minded thinkers wedded to an outmoded way of war. This book argues that they were fully aware of the implications of advanced weaponry and that the slaughter of World War I was due to deficient training amongst younger officers. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; JWA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 658.
The writings of Carl von Clausewitz loom so large in the annals of military theory that they obscure the substantial contributions of those thinkers who came after him. This is especially true for those German theorists who wrote during the half century preceding World War I. However, as Antulio Echevarria argues, although none of those thinkers approached Clausewitz's stature, they were nonetheless theorists of considerable vision. The Kaiser's theorists have long been portrayed as narrow-minded thinkers wedded to an outmoded way of war, little altered since Napoleon's time. According to this view, they ignored or simply failed to understand how ... Read more
The writings of Carl von Clausewitz loom so large in the annals of military theory that they obscure the substantial contributions of those thinkers who came after him. This is especially true for those German theorists who wrote during the half century preceding World War I. However, as Antulio Echevarria argues, although none of those thinkers approached Clausewitz's stature, they were nonetheless theorists of considerable vision. The Kaiser's theorists have long been portrayed as narrow-minded thinkers wedded to an outmoded way of war, little altered since Napoleon's time. According to this view, they ignored or simply failed to understand how ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700610716
SKU
V9780700610716
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About Echevarria Ii, Antulio J. (Director Of National Security Studies, Strategic Studies Institute, Us Army War College, Usa)
Lieutenant Colonel Antulio J. Echevarria II is director of national security studies at the Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College. His articles have appeared in the Journal of Military History, War in History, War & Society, Parameters, Joint Force Quarterly, Military Review, and Airpower Journal.
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