Title: The Seeds of Disaster: The Development of French Army Doctrine, 1919-1939
Publisher: Archon Books
Publication Date: 1985
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0208020969
ISBN 13: 9780208020963
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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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.

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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.

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