Too Serious a Business : European Armed Forces and the Approach to the Second World War / Donald Cameron Watt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Watt, Donald Cameron, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Causes.

World War, 1939-1945.

Europe--Politics and government--1918-1945.

Europe.

Europe--Armed Forces.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1975]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1975.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

I. The Nature of the European Civil War, 1 9 1 9 - 1 9 3 9

2. Armed Forces Within a Disintegrating Society

3. New Doctrines and Technologies: Military Conservatism and Technological Change

4. The Strategic Policies and Postures of the Powers, 1933-1939

5. Reluctant Warriors: European Chiefs of Staff and the Fear of War, 1938-1939

6. Experiences and Lessons of the War and its Aftermath

Chapter Notes

Select Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520320550

0520320557

OCLC:

1149407603