Quest for Decisive Victory : : From Stalemate to Blitzkrieg in Europe, 1899-1940

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Call Number: 355 Ci
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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List of Illustrations -- Preface-- 1 Nineteenth-Century Warfare: The Breakdown of the Napoleonic Doctrine --2 Firepower Triumphant: The South African War -- 3 The Russo-Japanese War -- 4 The Balkan Wars, 1912-1913 -- 5 World War I: The End of Decisive Operations --6 The Interwar Years: Doctrine and Innovation -- 7 Ethiopia and Spain -- 8 Operational Art Reborn: The Opening Battles of World War II -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
"Quest For Decisive Victory chronicles the evolution of European warfare during the first half of the twentieth century. A study of war at the operational level, it demonstrates the interplay and tension between technology and doctrine in warfare and reveals how problems surrounding mobility - including such factors as supply lines, command and control, and prewar campaign planning - forced armies to find new ways of fighting." "Citino's study is important for shifting the focus from military theory and doctrine to detailed operational analyses of actual campaigns that formed the basis for the revival of military doctrine. Quest for Decisive Victory gives scholars of military history a better grasp of that elusive concept and a more complete understanding of modern warfare."--Jacket.

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A must read submitted by GJBarnett2 on July 5, 2013, 12:08am A must read for anyone with an interest in WWII. Citino, a specialist in German military history who used to teach at EMU, has been called the best college professor in the country. Read this and see why.