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.
Gross, Gerhard Paul, 1958- author.; Zabecki, David T., editor.
2016
DD101.5 .G76 2016eb
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Title 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 Gross, Gerhard Paul, 1958- author.
ISBN 9780813168371
9780813168388 (electronic book)
Published Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2016.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (465 pages)
Call Number DD101.5 .G76 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 355.401
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Added Author Zabecki, David T., editor.
Series Foreign military studies.
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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.

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