Quest for Decisive Victory: From Stalemate to Blitzkrieg in Europe, 1899-1940

By Robert M. Citino

Book Overview

Since the earliest days of warfare, military operations have followed a predictable formula: after a decisive battle, an army must pursue the enemy and destroy its organization in order to achieve a victorious campaign. But by the mid-19th century, the emergence of massive armies and advanced weaponry - and the concomitant decline in the effectiveness of cavalry - had diminished the practicality of pursuit, producing campaigns that bogged down short of decisive victory. Great battles had become curiously indecisive, decisive campaigns virtually impossible.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700611762
• ISBN13: 9780700611768
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Kansas
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.5" x 6.3"