Military Innovation in the Interwar Period

Edited by Williamson Murray and Allan R. Millet

ISBN 10: 0521552419 / ISBN 13: 9780521552417

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Military Innovation in the Interwar Period
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521552419
• ISBN 13: 9780521552417
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Military

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Synopsis

This study of major military innovations in the 1920s and 1930s explores differences in innovating exploitation by the seven major military powers. This volume of comparative essays investigates how and why innovation occurred or did not occur, and explains much of the strategic and operative performance of the Axis and Allies in World War II.

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In 1914, the armies and navies that faced each other were alike down to the strengths of their companies and battalions and the designs of their battleships and cruisers. Differences were of degree rather than essence. During the interwar period, the armed forces grew increasingly asymmetrical, developing different approaches to the same problems. This study of major military innovations in the 1920s and 1930s explores differences in innovating exploitation by the six major military powers. The comparative essays investigate how and why innovation occurred or did not occur, and explain much of the strategic and operational performance of the Axis and Allies in World War II. The essays focus on several instances of how military services developed new technology and weapons and incorporated them into their doctrine, organization, and styles of operations.