Military Effectiveness

by Edited by Allan R. Millett , Williamson Murray

• ISBN13: 9780521737500
• ISBN10: 0521737508
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-08-09
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This three-volume study examines the questions raised by the performance of the military institutions of France, Germany, Russia, the United States, Great Britain, Japan and Italy in the period from 1914 to 1945. Leading military historians deal with the different national approaches to war and military power at the tactical, operational, strategic, and political levels. They form the basis for a fundamental re-examination of how military organizations have performed in the first half of the twentieth century. Volume 2 covers the interwar period. Volumes 1 and 3 address World War I and World War II, respectively. Now in a new edition, with a new introduction by the editors, these classic volumes will remain invaluable for military historians and social scientists in their examination of national security and military issues. They will also be essential reading for future military leaders at Staff and War Colleges.

Author Biography

Allan R. Millett currently directs the Eisenhower Center for American Studies at the University of New Orleans, where he is the Ambrose Professor of History and serves as the Senior Military Advisor for the National World War II Museum. Williamson Murray is Professor Emeritus of History at The Ohio State University. At present he is a defense consultant and commentator on historical and military subjects in Washington.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. ix
Introduction: Military Effectiveness Twenty Years After	p. xi
The Soviet Armed Forces in the Interwar Period	p. 1
The French Armed Forces, 1918-40	p. 39
The Military Effectiveness of the US Armed Forces, 1919-39	p. 70
The British Armed Forces, 1918-39	p. 98
Japanese Military Effectiveness: The Interwar Period	p. 131
The Italian Armed Forces, 1918-40	p. 169
German Military Effectiveness between 1919 and 1939	p. 218
Military Effectiveness of Armed Forces in the Interwar Period, 1919-41: A Review	p. 256
Index	p. 271
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