Military effectiveness. Volume 3, The Second World War / edited by Allan R. Millett, Williamson Murray.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Millett, Allan Reed, editor.

Murray, Williamson, editor.

Series:

Military effectiveness ; v. 3

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 (ix, 375 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 3 covers World War II. Volumes 1 and 2 address address World War I and the interwar period, 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 Effectiveness of the Japanese Military Establishment in the Second World War; Introduction; Political Effectiveness; Strategic Effectiveness; Operational Effectiveness; Tactical Effectiveness; Conclusion; Notes; 2 The United States Armed Forces in the Second World; Introduction; Political Effectiveness; Strategic Effectiveness; Operational Effectiveness; Tactical Effectiveness; Conclusion; Notes; 3 British Military Effectiveness in the Second World War; Introduction

Political EffectivenessStrategic Effectiveness; Operational Effectiveness; Tactical Effectiveness; Conclusio; Notes; 4 The Italian Armed Forces, 1940-3; Introduction; Political Effectiveness; Strategic Effectiveness; Operational Effectiveness; Tactical Effectiveness; Conclusion; Notes; 5 The Dynamics of Volksgemeinschaft : The Effectiveness of the German Military Establishment in the Second World War; Introduction; Political Effectiveness; Strategic Effectiveness; Operational Effectiveness; Tactical Effectiveness; Conclusions; Notes

6 Bitter Victory: French Military Effectiveness during the Second World WarIntroduction; Le Chagrin; La Pitie; Gaullist Political Objectives; Gaullist Strategic Objectives; Vichy Political Objectives; Vichy Strategic Objectives; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; Political Effectiveness; Strategic Effectiveness; Operational Effectiveness; Tactical Effectiveness; The Cultural Factor; Conclusion; Notes; 7 The Soviet Armed Forces in the Great Patriotic War,; Introduction; Political Effectiveness; Strategic Effectiveness; Operational Effectiveness; Tactical Effectiveness; Conclusion; Notes

8 Military Effectiveness in the Second World War,1941-5Introduction; Political Effectiveness; Strategic Effectiveness; Operational Effectiveness; Tactical Effectiveness; Conclusion; Notes; 9 Challenge and Response at the Operation and Tactical Levels, 1914-45; Introduction; Notes; 10 The Political and Strategic Dimensions of Military Effectiveness; Notes; Index

Notes:

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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-22400-4

1-283-29835-X

1-139-12238-X

9786613298355

0-511-76297-6

1-139-12730-6

1-139-11664-9

1-139-11228-7

1-139-11447-6

OCLC:

769341755