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Genre/Form: | History Military history |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Echevarria, Antulio Joseph, 1959- After Clausewitz. Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, ©2000 (OCoLC)606500863 |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Antulio J Echevarria, II |
ISBN: | 0700610715 9780700610716 |
OCLC Number: | 44516530 |
Description: | ix, 346 pages ; 24 cm. |
Contents: | 1. The tactical crisis : the infantry attack ; the calvary question ; the artillery dilemma -- 2. Initial solutions : infantry : Normaltaktik versus auftragstaktik ; calvary : toward greater versatility and firepower ; artillery : balancing concentration and dispersion ; views from abroad -- 3. The crisis expands : is war now impossible? : fin de siècle change ; a larger, more lethal battlefield ; impact of the Boer war ; threats to the warrior spirit ; civilian views ; is war now impossible? -- 4. The struggle for resolution : normaltaktik versus auftragstaktik ; the campaign for the warrior spirit -- 5. A tactical synthesis : the impact of the Russo-Japanese war : the infantry attack ; the calvary question ; the artillery dilemma -- 6. Beyond resolution : integrating machine guns ; uses of aircraft ; from flank attack to breakthrough -- 7. On war in the present : the duel with Delbruck ; the gesamtschlacht ; the "ingenious" view ; from decisive battles to people's war ; views from abroad. |
Series Title: | Modern war studies. |
Responsibility: | Antulio J. Echevarria II. |
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Abstract:
The Kaiser's military theorists have often been portrayed as narrow-minded thinkers wedded to an outmoded way of war. This book argues that they were fully aware of the implications of advanced weaponry and that the slaughter of World War I was due to deficient training amongst younger officers.
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