The Seeds of Disaster: The Development of French Army Doctrine, 1919-1939

Doughty, Robert Allan

ISBN 10: 0208020969 / ISBN 13: 9780208020963

Published by Archon, Hamden, Connecticut, 1985

About this Item

Appears to be brand new book. Not a remainder. No ownership or other marks. No DJ. Laid in is a letter from the Commanding General, 7th US Army on his letterhead to his Chief of Staff. ; Maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 243 pages.

Seller Inventory # 17085

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Seeds of Disaster: The Development of French Army Doctrine, 1919-1939
• Publisher: Archon, Hamden, Connecticut
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0208020969
• ISBN 13: 9780208020963
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • France
  • Military
  • Military History
  • World War II

About this title

Synopsis

Archon Books, Published 1985. Hardcover, xi, 232 pp.; 24 cm; First Edition (1985 Archon, the only edition); illustrated with maps. Examines the development of French Army doctrine between the world wars, arguing that France drew the wrong lessons from World War I and entered 1940 wedded to a defensive, firepower-centered "methodical battle" doctrine ill-suited to mobile mechanized warfare. Military historian Robert Allan Doughty draws on French army manuals, lectures, and staff debates to trace how institutional and doctrinal choices shaped the swift collapse of May-June 1940.Contents: The Framework of French Doctrine; An Army of Reservists; The Defense of the Frontiers; The Legacy of the Past; Firepower and the Methodical Battle; Institutions and Doctrine; The Development of the Tank; The Creation of Large Armored Units; Conclusion; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index.

About the Author

Brig. Gen. Robert A. Doughty, USA (Ret.), is a graduate of West Point, former chair of its history department, and a prize-winning military historian. He is the author of Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War. He lives in Louisiana.