The Challenge of Change
Military Institutions and New Realities, 1918-1941
David R Mets editor Harold R Winton editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of Nebraska Press
Published:1st Jun '03
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Five essays by leading military historians describing military reform between the two world wars
Examines how military institutions attempted to meet the demands of the strategic, political, and technological realities of the turbulent era between the First and Second World Wars. This title includes an introduction describing the intellectual and practical challenges facing the military reformer in peacetime.The Challenge of Change examines how military institutions attempted to meet the demands of the new strategic, political, and technological realities of the turbulent era between the First and Second World Wars. The contributors chose France, Germany, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States as focus countries because their military institutions endeavored to develop both the material capacity and the conceptual framework for the conduct of modern industrialized warfare on a continental scale.
"The Challenge of Change will prove useful to military historians, but is also relevant to a wide range of scholars, policy makers, and those in the private sector interested in discovering what allows complex organizations to successfully adapt to their environment."-National Security Studies Quarterly National Security Studies Quarterly "The Challenge of Change should be mandatory reading for senior military officers and defense analysts as the United States redesigns its military forces and doctrine to face the challenges of the 21st century."-Parameters Parameters
ISBN: 9780803298354
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 425g
247 pages