A War to be Won

Informationen zum Autor Williamson Murray was Professor Emeritus of History at The Ohio State University. He served as a Minerva Fellow in the Strategy and Policy Department at the U.S. Naval War College and most recently was the Ambassador Anthony D. Marshall Chair of Strategic Studies at Marine Corps University. Allan R. Millett is Raymond E. Mason Jr. Professor Emeritus of History at Ohio State University. Klappentext A comprehensive, single-volume account of how and why this global conflict evolved as it did. "A War To Be Won" is a unique and powerful operational history of the Second World War which tells the full story of battle on land, on sea, and in the air. 126 halftones. 23 maps. 2 tables. Zusammenfassung The culmination of decades of research by premier military historians, this is the first comprehensive, single-volume account of how and why World War II evolved as it did. Moving between the war room and the battlefield, we see how strategies were crafted and revised, and how the multitudes of combat troops struggled to discharge their orders.

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• Autori: Allan Millett, Allan R Millett, Allan R. Millett, Allan Reed Millett, Williamson Murray, Murray Williamson
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 02.10.2001
• EAN: 9780674006805
• ISBN: 978-0-674-00680-5
• Pagine: 736
• Dimensioni: 160 mm x 233 mm x 34 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, Defence strategy, planning & research, General & world history, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), General and world history, Military and defence strategy, Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), War and defence operations, War & defence operations, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General