Gross, Gerhard Paul,  1958- <br/><br/>
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. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813168388 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Military planning--History--Germany--20th century.<br/>Military planning--History--Germany--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Germany--History, Military--20th century.<br/>Germany--History, Military--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DD101.5  / .G76 2016 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>355.401