Military Effectiveness: Volume 1: The First World War

ISBN 10: 0521519977 / ISBN 13: 9780521519977

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2010

About this Item

This study examines the military performance of France, Germany, Russia, the US, Great Britain, Japan and Italy between 1914 and 1945. Editor(s): Millett, Allan R.; Murray, Williamson. Num Pages: 388 pages, 6 b/w illus. 2 maps 15 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 740. . 2010. 2nd Edition. hardcover. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Military Effectiveness: Volume 1: The First World War
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521519977
• ISBN 13: 9780521519977
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This three-volume study examines the questions raised by the performance of the military institutions of France, Germany, Russia, the United States, Great Britain, Japan, and Italy in the period from 1914 to 1945. Leading military historians deal with the different national approaches to war and military power at the tactical, operational, strategic, and political levels. They form the basis for a fundamental reexamination of how military organizations have performed in the first half of the twentieth century. Volume 1 covers World War I. The other two volumes address the interwar period and World War II, respectively. Now in a new edition, with a new introduction by the editors, these classic volumes will remain invaluable for military historians and social scientists in their examination of national security and military issues. They will also be essential reading for future military leaders at Staff and War Colleges.

About the Authors

Allan R. Millett is a specialist in the history of American military policy and twentieth-century wars. He is the founder of the internationally renowned military history program at the Ohio State University, where he is Mason Professor of History Emeritus. Millett currently directs the Eisenhower Center for American Studies at the University of New Orleans, where he is the Ambrose Professor of History and serves as the Senior Military Advisor for the National World War II Museum. He is the author or co-author of eight books and co-editor of five others.

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. 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). He has edited, along with Richard Sinnreich and Jim Lacey, a volume entitled The Shaping of Grand Strategy (Cambridge University Press, 2011).