Military effectiveness. Volume 2, The interwar period / edited by Allan R. Millett, Williamson Murray.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Millett, Allan Reed, editor.

Murray, Williamson, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Military art and science.

Military history, Modern--20th century.

Military history, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 281 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This three-volume study examines the questions raised by the performance of the military institutions of France, Germany, Russia, the United States, Great Britain, Japan and Italy in the period from 1914 to 1945. Leading military historians deal with the different national approaches to war and military power at the tactical, operational, strategic, and political levels. They form the basis for a fundamental re-examination of how military organizations have performed in the first half of the twentieth century. Volume 2 covers the interwar period. Volumes 1 and 3 address World War I and World War II, respectively. Now in a new edition, with a new introduction by the editors, these classic volumes will remain invaluable for military historians and social scientists in their examination of national security and military issues. They will also be essential reading for future military leaders at Staff and War Colleges.

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction: Military Effectiveness Twenty Years After; 1 The Soviet Armed Forces in the Interwar Period; Introduction; Political Effectiveness; Strategic Effectiveness; Operational Effectiveness; Tactical Effectiveness; Conclusion; Notes; 2 The French Armed Forces, 1918-40; Introduction; Political Effectiveness; Strategic Effectiveness; Operational Effectiveness; Tactical Effectiveness; Conclusion; Notes; 3 The Military Effectiveness of the US Armed Forces, 1919-39; Political Effectiveness; Strategic Effectiveness

Operational EffectivenessTactical Effectiveness; Notes; 4 The British Armed Forces, 1918-39; Introduction; Political Effectiveness; Strategic Effectiveness; Operational Effectiveness; Tactical Effectiveness; Conclusion; Notes; 5 Japanese Military Effectiveness: The Interwar Period; Introduction; Political Effectiveness; Strategic Effectiveness; Operational Effectiveness; Tactical Effectiveness; Notes; 6 The Italian Armed Forces, 1918-40; Introduction; Political Effectiveness; Strategic Effectiveness; Operational Effectiveness; Tactical Effectiveness; Conclusion; Notes

7 German Military Effectiveness between 1919 and 1939Introduction; Political Effectiveness; GENERAL SITUATION; CONSTITUTIONAL CONDITIONS ALLOWING FOR POLITICAL EFFECTIVENESS; THE MILITARY IN THE FUHRERSTAAT; GENERAL STAFF ORGANIZATION: POLICY AND ECONOMY VERSUS STRATEGY; Strategic Effectiveness; THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC; HITLER AND STRATEGIC THINKING IN THE FORCES; HITLER'S STRATEGY AND THE ARMED FORCES, NOVEMBER 1937- AUGUST 1939; Operational Effectiveness; THE REICHSWEHR; THE WEHRMACHT; THE ARMY; THE NAVY; Tactical Effectiveness; THE ARMY; THE AIR FORCE; THE NAVY; Conclusion; Notes

8 Military Effectiveness of Armed Forces in the Interwar Period, 1919-41: A ReviewIntroduction; Political Effectiveness; Strategic Effectiveness; Operational Effectiveness; Tactical Effectiveness; Notes; Index

Notes:

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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-22399-7

1-283-29834-1

1-139-12237-1

9786613298348

0-511-76296-8

1-139-12729-2

1-139-11663-0

1-139-11227-9

1-139-11446-8

OCLC:

769341754