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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gross, Gerhard Paul, 1958- author.

Contributor:

Zabecki, David T., editor.

Series:

Foreign military studies.

Foreign military studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military planning--Germany--History--20th century.

Military planning.

Military planning--Germany--History--19th century.

Germany--History, Military--20th century.

Germany.

Germany--History, Military--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (465 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2016.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813168401

0813168406

9780813168388

0813168384

OCLC:

954595792