Military effectiveness. Volume 1, The First World War / 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.

Armed Forces--History--20th century.

Armed Forces.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 361 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

New 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 1 covers World War I. Volumes 2 and 3 address the interwar period 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:

The First World War. Introduction: Military effectiveness twenty years after / Williamson Murray and Allan R. Millett

The effectiveness of military organizations / Allan R. Millett, Williamson Murray, and Kenneth H. Watman

Britain in the First World War / Paul Kennedy

The dynamics of necessity : German military policy during the First World War / Holger H. Herwig

American military effectiveness in the First World War / Timothy K. Nenninger

Italy during the First World War / John Gooch

The French Army in the First World War / Douglas Porch

Japan, 1914-18 / Ian Nish

Imperial Russia's forces at war / David R. Jones

Military effectiveness in the First World War / Paul Kennedy.

Notes:

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

ISBN:

1-107-22438-1

1-283-29833-3

9786613298331

1-139-12236-3

0-511-77825-2

1-139-12728-4

1-139-11662-2

1-139-11226-0

1-139-11445-X

OCLC:

769341756