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Informationen zum Autor Williamson Murray is Professor Emeritus of History at The Ohio State University. At present he is a defense consultant and commentator on historical and military subjects in Washington, D.C. He is co-editor of The Making of Peace (with Jim Lacey); The Past as Prologue (with Richard Hart Sinnreich); The Dynamics of Military Revolution, 1300-2050 (with MacGregor Knox); Military Innovation in the Interwar Period (with Allan R. Millett); and The Making of Strategy (with Alvin Bernstein and MacGregor Knox). Klappentext Addresses how military organizations confront the problem of adapting under the trying, terrifying conditions of war. Zusammenfassung Military Adaptation in War addresses one of the most persistent! yet rarely examined! problems that military organizations confront: namely! the problem of how to adapt under the trying! terrifying conditions of war! which presents a series of intractable issues at every level! from policy and strategy down to the tactical. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction: the background to military adaptation; 2. The historical framework of adaptation; 3. Complex adaptation: the Western front 1914-1918; 4. Flawed adaptation: German adaptation and the opening battles of World War II; 5. The battle for the British Isles: June 1940-May 1941; 6. Adaptation in the air war: RAF bomber command and Luftwaffe's air defenses (15 May 1940 to 7 May 1945); 7. The 1973 Yom Kippur War; 8. Conclusion: adaptation and the future.
