David T. Zabecki

The German 1918 Offensives

A Case Study in The Operational Level of War

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This study evaluates in detail the German planning and decision-making process, from November 1917 to the start of August 1918, prior to their eventual defeat in World War One.

Produktdetails

• Strategy and History
• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: RU008X
• Seitenzahl: 436
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juni 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 164mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 768g
• ISBN-13: 9780415356008
• ISBN-10: 0415356008
• Artikelnr.: 20886604

Autorenporträt

David T. Zabecki has been Commanding General of the U.S. Southern European Task Force (Rear) and has served as the U.S. Department of Defense Executive Director for all World War II 60th anniversary commemoration events in Europe. In 2003 he was the Senior Security Advisor on the U.S. Coordinating and Monitoring Mission in Israel. The Editor of Vietnam Magazine, he has a PhD in Military Science from the Royal Military College of Science.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Why do we Still Bother with World War I? 2. The Operational Art 3. The Tactical Realities of 1918 4. The Strategic Reality 5. The Operational Decision: 11 November 1917 to 21 January 1918 6. Operations MICHAEL and MARS 7. Operation GEORGETTE 8. Operations BLÜCHER, GOERZ, and YORCK 9. Operations GNEISSENAU and HAMMERSCHLAG 10. Operation MARNESCHUTZ-REIMS 11. Operations HAGEN and KURFÜRST 12. Conclusions

Rezensionen

"Zabecki ... has earned a reputation as an outstanding military historian. An essential read for students of the Great War, and an important one for those interested in military operations since its end." - The NYMAS Review, The New York Military Affairs Symposium