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Cambridge Military Histories Ser.: Holding Out : The German Army and Operational Command In 1917 by Tony Cowan (2023, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-101108830234
ISBN-139781108830232
eBay Product ID (ePID)19058371014
Product Key Features
Number of Pages386 Pages
Publication NameHolding Out : the German Army and Operational Command in 1917
LanguageEnglish
SubjectMilitary / General, World
Publication Year2023
TypeTextbook
AuthorTony Cowan
Subject AreaHistory
SeriesCambridge Military Histories Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2022-056942
Reviews'Even the well-informed reader will learn much about how the German army functioned from Holding Out. The book's conclusions go far beyond 1917 and are important to sharpen our understanding of the German army during the entire war. Cowan fights against the idea of the German army being the 'benchmark' of military quality and offers a much more nuanced picture of a military organism with great strengths and great weaknesses.' Holger Afflerbach, author of On a Knife Edge, 'Tony Cowan's fascinating case study of the battles of early 1917 is a work of meticulous scholarship and deep insight which sets a new standard for our understanding of war on the Western Front, and of the strengths and weaknesses of the German army in the first half of the twentieth century.' Jonathan Boff, author of Haig's Enemy
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal940.343
Table Of ContentComparative ranks; Chronology; Abbreviations; Maps; Introduction; 1. Context; 2. Principles; 3. Organisation; 4. Personality; 5. Intelligence; 6. Communication; 7. Learning; 8. Performance; Conclusion.
SynopsisA ground-breaking study of German operational command from November 1916 to the eve of the third battle of Ypres. Tony Cowan's detailed analysis of the German defeat of the 1917 Entente spring offensive sheds new light on how the army and Germany were able to hold out so long during the war against increasing odds., This is a ground-breaking study of German operational command during a critical phase of the First World War from November 1916 to the eve of the third battle of Ypres. The situation faced by the German army on the Western Front in 1917 was very different from the one anticipated in pre-war doctrine and Holding Out examines how German commanders and staff officers adapted. Tony Cowan analyses key command tasks to get under the skin of the army's command culture, internal politics and battle management systems from co-ordinating the troops, matériel and different levels of command needed to fight a modern battle to continuously learning and applying lessons from the ever-changing Western Front. His detailed analysis of the German defeat of the 1917 Entente spring offensive sheds new light on how the army and Germany were able to hold out so long during the war against increasing odds.
LC Classification NumberD531.C69 2023
