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The Myth and Reality of German Warfare: Operational Thinking from Moltke the Elder to Heusinger
Gerhard P. Gross
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Description for The Myth and Reality of German Warfare: Operational Thinking from Moltke the Elder to Heusinger
Hardback. Editor(s): Zabecki, David T., PhD. Series: Foreign Military Studies. Num Pages: 440 pages, 16 color maps, 12 black & white maps, 26 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJD; HBW; JWA; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 315 x 35. Weight in Grams: 802.
Surrounded by potential adversaries, nineteenth-century Prussia and twentieth-century Germany faced the formidable prospect of multifront wars and wars of attrition. To counteract these threats, generations of general staff officers were educated in operational thinking, the main tenets of which were extremely influential on military planning across the globe and were adopted by American and Soviet armies. In the twentieth century, Germany's art of warfare dominated military theory and practice, creating a myth of German operational brilliance that lingers today, despite the nation's crushing defeats in two world wars. In this seminal study, Gerhard P. Gross ... Read more
Surrounded by potential adversaries, nineteenth-century Prussia and twentieth-century Germany faced the formidable prospect of multifront wars and wars of attrition. To counteract these threats, generations of general staff officers were educated in operational thinking, the main tenets of which were extremely influential on military planning across the globe and were adopted by American and Soviet armies. In the twentieth century, Germany's art of warfare dominated military theory and practice, creating a myth of German operational brilliance that lingers today, despite the nation's crushing defeats in two world wars. In this seminal study, Gerhard P. Gross ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Series
Foreign Military Studies
Condition
New
Weight
802 g
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813168371
SKU
V9780813168371
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About Gerhard P. Gross
Maj. Gen. David T. Zabecki, editor of Vietnam magazine and author of several military history books, served as an infantry rifleman in Vietnam. After earning his commission, he was an operations officer, intelligence officer, and a chief of staff. In 2003 he was the senior security adviser on the U.S. co-ordinating and Monitoring Mission in Israel. He lives in Germany. ... Read more
Reviews for The Myth and Reality of German Warfare: Operational Thinking from Moltke the Elder to Heusinger
Anyone working in the military history of the 19th and 20th centuries will need to read this book. And any one, academic or general reader, with more than a casual interest in the study of war will find it informative and accessible. - Dennis Showalter, author of The Wars of German Unification