The myth and reality of German warfare : operational thinking from Moltke the Elder to Heusinger /
Gross, Gerhard Paul, 1958-
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. - 1 online resource (465 pages) - Foreign military studies . - Foreign military studies. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780813168388
Military planning--History--Germany--20th century.
Military planning--History--Germany--19th century.
Germany--History, Military--20th century.
Germany--History, Military--19th century.
Electronic books.
DD101.5 / .G76 2016
355.401
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. - 1 online resource (465 pages) - Foreign military studies . - Foreign military studies. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780813168388
Military planning--History--Germany--20th century.
Military planning--History--Germany--19th century.
Germany--History, Military--20th century.
Germany--History, Military--19th century.
Electronic books.
DD101.5 / .G76 2016
355.401