Military innovation in the interwar period / edited by Williamson Murray, Allan R. Millett.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Murray, Williamson, editor.

Millett, Allan Reed, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military history, Modern--20th century.

Military history, Modern.

Military art and science--Technological innovations--History--20th century.

Military art and science.

World politics--1919-1932.

World politics.

World politics--1933-1945.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 428 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1914, the armies and navies that faced each other were alike right down to the strengths of their companies and battalions and the designs of their battleships and cruisers. Differences were of degree rather than essence. During the interwar period, however, the armed forces grew increasingly asymmetrical, developing different approaches to the same problems. This 1996 study of major military innovations in the 1920s and 1930s explores differences in exploitation by the seven major military powers. The comparative essays investigate how and why innovation occurred or did not occur, and explain much of the strategic and operative performance of the Axis and Allies in World War II. The essays focus on several instances of how military services developed new technology and weapons and incorporated them into their doctrine, organisation and styles of operations.

Contents:

Armored warfare : the British, French, and German experiences / Williamson Murray

Assault from the sea-the development of amphibious warfare between the wars : the American, British, and Japanese experiences / Allan R. Millett

Strategic bombing : the British, American, and German experiences / Williamson Murray

Close air support : the German, British, and American experiences, 1918-1941 / Richard R. Muller

Adopting the aircraft carrier : the British, American, and Japanese case sstudies / Geoffrey Till

Innovation ignored-the submarine problem : Germany, Britain, and the United States, 1919-1939 / Holger H. Herwig

From radio to radar : interwar military adaptation to technological change in Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States / Alan Beyerchen

Innovation : past and future / Williamson Murray

Patterns of military innovation in the interwar period / Allan R. Millett

Military innovation in peacetime / Barry Watts and Williamson Murray.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-139-88247-3

1-107-26389-1

1-107-26440-5

1-107-26332-8

1-107-26996-2

1-107-26688-2

0-511-60101-8

OCLC:

853361052