The Ideology of the Offensive: Military Decision Making and the Disasters of 1914
(Part of the Cornell Studies in Security Affairs Series)
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Jack Snyder's analysis of the attitudes of military planners in the years prior to the Great War offers new insight into the tragic miscalculations of that era and into their possible parallels in present-day war planning. By 1914, the European military powers had adopted offensive military strategies even though there was considerable evidence to support the notion that much greater advantage lay with defensive strategies. The author argues that...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0801416574
ISBN13:9780801416576
Release Date:October 1984
Publisher:Cornell University Press
Length:272 Pages
Weight:1.35 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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