Format:
1 online resource (ix, 269 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780511642371
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9780521110969
Content:
The major European powers drafted war plans before 1914 and executed them in August 1914; none brought the expected victory by Christmas. Why? This tightly focused collection of essays by international experts in military history reassesses the war plans of 1914 in a broad diplomatic, military, and political setting for the first time in three decades. The book analyzes the war plans of Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, and Russia on the basis of the latest research and explores their demise in the opening months of World War I. Collectively and comparatively, these essays place contingency war planning before 1914 in the different contexts and challenges each state faced as well as into a broad European paradigm. This is the first such undertaking since Paul Kennedy's groundbreaking War Plans of the Great Powers (1979), and the end result is breathtaking in both scope and depth of analysis.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Jan 2016)
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Maps; Contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 War Planning: Obvious Needs, Not So Obvious Solutions; 2 Austria-Hungary; 3 German War Plans; 4 War Planning and Initial Operations in the Russian Context; 5 France; 6 Great Britain; 7 Italy; 8 Conclusions; Appendix: Suggested Reading; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521110969
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521110969
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Europa
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Erster Weltkrieg
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Militärpolitik
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Militärische Planung
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Geschichte 1914
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Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511642371
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