| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 273 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction / John Andreas Olsen and Martin van Creveld -- Napoleon and the dawn of operational warfare / Martin van Creveld -- Prussian-German operational art, 1740-1943 / Dennis E. Showalter -- The tsarist and soviet operational art, 1853-1991 / Jacob W. Kipp -- Operational art and Britain, 1909-2009 / Hew Strachan -- American operational art, 1917-2008 / Antulio J. Echevarria II -- The rise and fall of Israeli operational art, 1948-2008 / Avi Kober -- The Chinese way of war / Andrew Scobell -- Conclusion / John Andreas Olsen and Martin van Creveld -- Epilogue / Rupert Smith |
| Summary |
Based on country specific case-studies, 'The Evolution of Operational Art' describes how the concepts that underpin operational art originated, how they received practical expression in various campaigns, and how they developed over time |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Operational art (Military science) -- History
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Operational art (Military science) -- History -- Case studies
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HISTORY -- Military -- Strategy.
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Operational art (Military science)
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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History
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Case studies.
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Études de cas.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Olsen, John Andreas, 1968-
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Van Creveld, Martin, 1946-
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Oxford University Press
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| ISBN |
9780199599486 |
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0199599483 |
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9780191616686 |
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0191616680 |
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9780191595806 |
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0191595802 |
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9786613215710 |
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6613215716 |
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1283215713 |
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9781283215718 |
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