Williamson Murray

Military Adaptation in War

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Addresses how military organizations confront the problem of adapting under the trying, terrifying conditions of war.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 725g
• ISBN-13: 9781107006591
• ISBN-10: 1107006597
• Artikelnr.: 33875726

Autorenporträt

Williamson Murray is Professor Emeritus of History at The Ohio State University. At present he is a defense consultant and commentator on historical and military subjects in Washington, D.C. He is co-editor of The Making of Peace (with Jim Lacey); The Past as Prologue (with Richard Hart Sinnreich); The Dynamics of Military Revolution, 1300-2050 (with MacGregor Knox); Military Innovation in the Interwar Period (with Allan R. Millett); and The Making of Strategy (with Alvin Bernstein and MacGregor Knox).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction: the background to military adaptation
2. The historical framework of adaptation
3. Complex adaptation: the Western front 1914-1918
4. Flawed adaptation: German adaptation and the opening battles of World War II
5. The battle for the British Isles: June 1940-May 1941
6. Adaptation in the air war: RAF bomber command and Luftwaffe's air defenses (15 May 1940 to 7 May 1945)
7. The 1973 Yom Kippur War
8. Conclusion: adaptation and the future.