War, strategy, and military effectiveness / Williamson Murray.
نوع المادة : نصالناشر:New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011وصف:vii, 332 pages ; 24 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781107002425 (hbk)
- 1107002427 (hbk)
- U27 M875 2011
نوع المادة | المكتبة الحالية | رقم الطلب | رقم النسخة | حالة | تاريخ الإستحقاق | الباركود | |
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | U27 M875 2011 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010000402303 | ||
كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | U27 M875 2011 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30010000402301 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. History and the future -- 2. Thucydides and Clausewitz -- 3. Clausewitz out, computers in: military culture and technological hubris -- 4. Changing the principles of war? -- 5. Military culture does matter -- 6. History and strategic planning -- 7. Thoughts on red teaming -- 8. The distant framework of war -- 9. The problem of German military effectiveness, 1900-1945 -- 10. Reflections on the combined bomber offensive -- 11. The air war in the Gulf -- 12. Thoughts on British intellgence in World War II and the implications for intelligence in the Twenty-first century -- 13. The meaning of World War II.
This collection of articles represents Professor Williamson Murray's efforts to elucidate the role that history should play in thinking about both the present and the future. They reflect three disparate themes in Professor Murray's work: his deep fascination with history and those who have acted in the past; his fascination with the similarities in human behavior between the past and the present; and his belief that the study of military and strategic history can be of real use to those who will confront the daunting problems of war and peace in the twenty-first century. The first group of essays addresses the relevance of history to an understanding of the present and to an understanding of the possibilities of the future. The second addresses the possible direct uses of history to think through the problems involved in the creation of effective military institutions. The final group represents historical case studies that serve to illuminate the present. This collection of articles proves that the study of military and strategic history can be useful in confronting the daunting problems of war and peace in the twenty-first century.