Military Effectiveness

by Edited by Allan R. Millett , Williamson Murray

• ISBN13: 9780521737517
• ISBN10: 0521737516
• 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 3 covers World War II. Volumes 1 and 2 address address World War I and the interwar period, 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 Effectiveness of the Japanese Military Establishment in the Second World War	p. 1
The United States Armed Forces in the Second World War	p. 45
British Military Effectiveness in the Second World War	p. 90
The Italian Armed Forces, 1940-3	p. 136
The Dynamics of Volksgemeinschaft: The Effectiveness of the German Military Establishment in the Second World War	p. 180
Bitter Victory: French Military Effectiveness during the Second World War	p. 221
The Soviet Armed Forces in the Great Patriotic War, 1941-5	p. 256
Military Effectiveness in the Second World War	p. 277
Challenge and Response at the Operation and Tactical Levels, 1914-45	p. 320
The Political and Strategic Dimensions of Military Effectiveness	p. 341
Index	p. 365
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