Blitzkrieg to desert storm

Rubriek: Textual/Printed/Reference Materials - Boek

Prijs: € 50.95

Rating: 0/5

☆

☆

☆

☆

☆

Verzending:
Uiterlijk 24 januari in huis

Analyses military campaigns from the second half of the twentieth century to demonstrate the difficulty of achieving decisive results at the operational level. Brimming with new insights, Robert Citino’s study shows why technical superiority is no guarantee of victory and why a thorough grounding in the history of past campaigns is essential.



Winner: Paul Birdsall Prize

Winner: Society for Military History book Award

When Germany launched its blitzkrieg invasion of France in 1940, it forever changed the way the world waged war. Although the Wehrmacht ultimately succumbed to superior Allied firepower in a two-front war, its stunning operational achievement left a lasting impression on military commanders throughout the world, even if their own operations were rarely executed as effectively.

Robert Citino analyzes military campaigns from the second half of the twentieth century to further demonstrate the difficulty of achieving decisive results at the operational level. Offering detailed operational analyses of actual campaigns, Citino describes how UN forces in Korea enjoyed technological and air superiority but found the enemy unbeatable; provides analyses of Israeli operational victories in successive wars until the Arab states finally grasped the realities of operational-level warfare in 1973; and tells how the Vietnam debacle continued to shape U.S. doctrine in surprising ways. Looking beyond major-power conflicts, he also reveals the lessons of India's blitzkrieg-like drive into Pakistan in 1971 and of the senseless bloodletting of the Iran-Iraq War.

Citino especially considers the evolution of U.S. doctrine and assesses the success of Desert Storm in dismantling an entrenched defending force with virtually no friendly casualties. He also provides one of the first scholarly analyses of Operation Iraqi Freedom, showing that its plan was curiously divorced from the realities of military history, grounded instead on nebulous theories about expected enemy behavior. Throughout Citino points to the importance of mobility—especially mobilized armor—in modern operational warfare and assesses the respective roles of firepower, training, doctrine, and command and control mechanisms.

Brimming with new insights, Citino's study shows why technical superiority is no guarantee of victory and why a thorough grounding in the history of past campaigns is essential to anyone who wishes to understand modern warfare. Blitzkrieg to Desert Storm provides that grounding as it addresses the future of operational-level warfare in the post-9/11 era.

• 1 Bekijk alle specificaties

Blitzkrieg to Desert Storm

Rating: 0 / 5 | Prijs: € 61.03

When germany launched its blitzkrieg invasion of france in 1940 it forever changed the way the world waged war here robert citino analyzes military campaigns from the second half of the twentieth century to further demonstrate the difficulty of achieving decisive results at the operational level 2 - 3 weken .. MEER INFO

The Wehrmacht Retreats

Rating: 2 / 5 | Prijs: € 35.5

Throughout 1943 the german army heirs to a military tradition that demanded and perfected relentless offensive operations succumbed to the realities of its own overreach and the demands of twentieth century industrialized warfare in his new study robert citino chronicles this weakening wehrmach Uiterlijk 24 januari in huis .. MEER INFO

Triumph Forsaken

Rating: 0 / 5 | Prijs: € 53.99

Drawing on a wealth of new evidence from all sides triumph forsaken first published in 2007 overturns most of the historical orthodoxy on the vietnam war through the analysis of international perceptions and power it shows that south vietnam was a vital interest of the united states the book p 2 - 3 weken .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 25 mei 2022

Aantal pagina's: 430

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Robert M. Citino

Hoofduitgeverij: University Press Of Kansas

Product breedte: 152 mm

Product hoogte: 22 mm

Product lengte: 226 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 139 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 28 mm

Verpakking lengte: 226 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 259 g

EAN: 9780700634019

---