The myth and reality of German warfare operational thinking from Moltke the Elder to Heusinger / Colonel Gerhard P. Gross, Bundeswehr ; edited by Major General David T. Zabecki, USA (Ret.) ; foreword by Robert M. Citino.

Author/creator Gross, Gerhard Paul, 1958-
Other author Zabecki, David T.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2016]
Descriptionxvi, 425 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 25 cm.
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Subjects
Military planning--Germany. --History. --20th century.
Military planning--Germany. --History. --19th century.
Germany--History, Military. --20th century.
Germany--History, Military. --19th century.

SeriesForeign military studies
Contents Introduction -- Definitions: tactics, operations, strategy -- Factors and constants: space, time, and forces -- The beginnings: planning, mobility, and a system of expedients -- The sword of Damocles: a two-front war -- Bitter awakening: World War I -- Old wine in new wineskins: operational thinking in the Reichswehr and the Wehrmacht between reality and utopia -- Lost victories, or the limits of operational thinking -- Operational thinking in the age of the atom -- Conclusion.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 361-394) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2016025075
ISBN9780813168371 (hardcover : alk. paper)