The evolution of operational art : from Napoleon to the present / edited by John Andreas Olsen and Martin van Creveld.

Other author Olsen, John Andreas, 1968-
Other author Van Creveld, Martin, 1946-
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
Descriptionxiii, 273 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction / John Andreas Olsen and Martin van Creveld -- Napoleon and the dawn of operational warfare / Martin van Creveld -- Prussian-German operational art, 1740-1943 / Dennis E. Showalter -- The tsarist and soviet operational art, 1853-1991 / Jacob W. Kipp -- Operational art and Britain, 1909-2009 / Hew Strachan -- American operational art, 1917-2008 / Antulio J. Echevarria II -- The rise and fall of Israeli operational art, 1948-2008 / Avi Kober -- The Chinese way of war / Andrew Scobell -- Conclusion / John Andreas Olsen and Martin van Creveld -- Epilogue / Rupert Smith.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [249]-257) and index.
LCCN 2010935042
ISBN9780199599486 (hbk.)
ISBN0199599483 (hbk.)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks U162 .E94 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold