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Command In War
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Author : Martin Van Creveld
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1985
Command In War written by Martin Van Creveld and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with History categories.
Many books have been written about strategy, tactics, and great commanders. This is the first book to deal exclusively with the nature of command itself, and to trace its development over two thousand years from ancient Greece to Vietnam. It treats historically the whole variety of problems involved in commanding armies, including staff organization and administration, communications methods and technologies, weaponry, and logistics. And it analyzes the relationship between these problems and military strategy. In vivid descriptions of key battles and campaigns—among others, Napoleon at Jena, Moltke’s Königgrätz campaign, the Arab–Israeli war of 1973, and the Americans in Vietnam—Martin van Creveld focuses on the means of command and shows how those means worked in practice. He finds that technological advances such as the railroad, breech-loading rifles, the telegraph and later the radio, tanks, and helicopters all brought commanders not only new tactical possibilities but also new limitations. Although vast changes have occurred in military thinking and technology, the one constant has been an endless search for certainty—certainty about the state and intentions of the enemy’s forces; certainty about the manifold factors that together constitute the environment in which war is fought, from the weather and terrain to radioactivity and the presence of chemical warfare agents; and certainty about the state, intentions, and activities of one’s own forces. The book concludes that progress in command has usually been achieved less by employing more advanced technologies than by finding ways to transcend the limitations of existing ones.
Command In War
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Author : Martin Van Creveld
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Command In War written by Martin Van Creveld and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Command and control systems categories.
Many books have been written about strategy, tactics, and great commanders. This is the first book to deal exclusively with the nature of command itself, and to trace its development over two thousand years from ancient Greece to Vietnam. It treats historically the whole variety of problems involved in commanding armies, including staff organization and administration, communications methods and technologies, weaponry, and logistics. And it analyzes the relationship between these problems and military strategy. In vivid descriptions of key battles and campaigns--among others, Napoleon at Jena, Moltke's Königgrätz campaign, the Arab-Israeli war of 1973, and the Americans in Vietnam--van Creveld focuses on the means of command and shows how those means worked in practice. He finds that technological advances such as the railroad, breech-loading rifles, the telegraph and later the radio, tanks, and helicopters all brought commanders not only new tactical possibilities but also new limitations. Although vast changes have occurred in military thinking and technology, the one constant has been an endless search for certainty--certainty about the state and intentions of the enemy's forces; certainty about the manifold factors that together constitute the environment in which war is fought, from the weather and terrain to radioactivity and the presence of chemical warfare agents; and certainty about the state, intentions, and activities of one's own forces. The book concludes that progress in command has usually been achieved less by employing more advanced technologies than by finding ways to transcend the limitations of existing ones. -- Publisher's description.
Command In War
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Author : Martin L. Van Creveld
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Command In War written by Martin L. Van Creveld and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Command and control systems categories.
The Warsaw Pact Command Structure In Peace And War
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Author : Michael Sadykiewicz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
The Warsaw Pact Command Structure In Peace And War written by Michael Sadykiewicz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Europe, Eastern categories.
"Although the Warsaw Pact has been in existence for over 30 years and has received considerable attention in Western publications, many aspects of both peacetime and conflict contingencies are still poorly understood. This study attempts to improve understanding of organizational and decisionmaking mechanisms by describing and analyzing the Warsaw Pact military command structure in peace and war. In particular, it describes the peacetime command, control, and decisionmaking mechanisms; compares the organizational structure of the Warsaw Pact with that of NATO; indicates the nature of Soviet hegemony; and considers the Pact's wartime command structure. The study is based on publicly available Warsaw Pact and Western sources, as well as on the author's personal experience through the 1960s as a high-ranking Pact officer, and on discussions with other former Warsaw Pact officers.
Command Structure For Theater Warfare
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Author : Thomas A. Cardwell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
Command Structure For Theater Warfare written by Thomas A. Cardwell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Command of troops categories.
War From The Top
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Author : Alan F. Wilt
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 1990-08-22
War From The Top written by Alan F. Wilt and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-08-22 with History categories.
"Wilt writes... well and offers many sound perceptions." -- Choice "... a stimulating book... a timely warning against overindulgence in hindsight in evaluating the great issues of the war... " -- Parameters "... a significant new study... a clearly written, excellent book... " -- Airpower Journal "... an impressive work of scholarship... " -- British Politics Group Newsletter "Wilt's comparative approach permits us fresh perspectives on both sides of the war. Moreover, Wilt has chosen to compare two of the major rival belligerents at the most stimulating and interesting level at which such comparison might be made, the level of the summit of decision making -- with the magnetic figures of Hitler and Churchill playing major roles in his narrative and analysis." -- Russell F. Weigley "This is a masterful treatment of a complex subject and a must read book for anyone writing about the Second World War." -- The Historian
The Bombing War
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Author : Richard Overy
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2013-09-26
The Bombing War written by Richard Overy and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-26 with History categories.
The ultimate history of the Blitz and bombing in the Second World War, from Wolfson Prize-winning historian and author Richard Overy The use of massive fleets of bombers to kill and terrorize civilians was an aspect of the Second World War which continues to challenge the idea that Allies specifically fought a 'moral' war. For Britain, bombing became perhaps its principal contribution to the fighting as, night after night, exceptionally brave men flew over occupied Europe destroying its cities. The Bombing War radically overhauls our understanding of the War. It is the first book to examine seriously not just the most well-known parts of the campaign, but the significance of bombing on many other fronts - the German use of bombers on the Eastern Front for example (as well as much newly discovered material on the more familiar 'Blitz' on Britain), or the Allied campaigns against Italian cities. The result is the author's masterpiece - a rich, gripping, picture of the Second World War and the terrible military, technological and ethical issues that relentlessly drove all its participants into an abyss. Reviews: 'Magnificent ... must now be regarded as the standard work on the bombing war ... It is probably the most important book published on the history of he second world war this century' Richard J Evans, Guardian 'Monumental ... this is a major contribution to one of the most controversial aspects of the Second World War ... full of new detail and perspectives ... hugely impressive' James Holland, Literary Review 'This tremendous book does what the war it describes signally failed to do. With a well-thought-out strategy and precision, it delivers maximum force on its objectives ... The result is a masterpiece of the historian's art' The Times 'It is unlikely that a work of this scale, scope and merit will be surpassed' Times Higher Education 'What distinguishes Mr Overy's account of the bombing war from lesser efforts is the wealth of narrative detail and analytical rigour that he brings to bear' Economist 'Excellent ... Overy is never less than an erudite and clear-eyed guide whose research is impeccable and whose conclusions appear sensible and convincing even when they run against the established trends' Financial Times 'Hard to surpass. If you want to know how bombing worked, what it did and what it meant, this is the book to read' Times Literary Supplement About the author: Richard Overy is the author of a series of remarkable books on the Second World War and the wider disasters of the twentieth century. The Dictators: Hitler's Germany, Stalin's Russia won both the Wolfson Prize for History and the Hessell-Tiltman Prize. He is Professor of History at the University of Exeter. Penguin publishes 1939: Countdown to War, The Morbid Age, Russia's War, Interrogations, The Battle of Britain and The Dictators. He lives in London.
Air Combat 1945
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Author : Donald Nijboer
language : en
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Release Date : 2015-09-15
Air Combat 1945 written by Donald Nijboer and has been published by Stackpole Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-15 with History categories.
The final year of World War II witnessed the decline of the piston-engine fighter and the beginning of the jet age. Taking to the skies were tried-and-true fighters, improved versions of old aircraft, and newly developed jets, including prototypes that flew for the first time just before the war ended.
Naval Warfare
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Author : Philip Howard Colomb
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1895
Naval Warfare written by Philip Howard Colomb and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1895 with Naval art and science categories.
Department Of Defense Dictionary Of Military And Associated Terms
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Department Of Defense Dictionary Of Military And Associated Terms written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Military art and science categories.