Twentieth Century Warriors. The Development of the Armed Forces of the Major Military Nations

Field Marshall Lord Carver

ISBN 10: 0297791605 / ISBN 13: 9780297791607

Published by Wiedenfeld & Nicolson, London England, 1987

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In this book, this distinguished soldier and military writer traces the development of the armed forces of Britain, France, Germany, the Soviet Union, the United States, Japan and China. As well as describing the great battles of the century, he looks at the evolution of each nation's armed forces in peace and war and at the influence of political pressures and strategic objectives. In this masterly survey, which mixes insight with informed criticism, Lord Carver reveals how unprepared the military machines often were for the actual conflicts they were faced with on land, at sea or in the air. Couple of waterstain marks to inside of D/J. Price clipped.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Twentieth Century Warriors. The Development of the Armed Forces of the Major Military Nations
• Publisher: Wiedenfeld & Nicolson, London England
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0297791605
• ISBN 13: 9780297791607
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good/Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
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  • Military History and War

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Synopsis

military history

From Publishers Weekly

Carver, former chief of the defense staff in Great Britain, analyzes military dynamics in Britain, France, Germany, the Soviet Union, Japan, China and the United States, showing how the armed forces in each country have reacted to domestic politics and external threat. This military history of our century is a forum for the author's occasionally startling opinions. He believes that the prospect of rapid victory on the part of the aggressor has been a principal cause of war; that none of the wars of this century have been inevitable; that the Soviets had the best system of command in World War II; that Lord Mountbatten's influence on Britain's armed forces was "unrivalled." He calls the current Soviet military "undoubtedly the most formidable war machine the world has ever seen." Of the U.S. armed forces he writes, "The human material has been neglected in the pursuit of technology, the latest example being the Strategic Defense Initiative."
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