Command in War

Name: Command in War
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ISBN: 9780674144415

ISBN-10: 0674144414

ISBN-13: 9780674144415

Edition: 1985

Authors: Martin Van Creveld

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Many books have been written about strategy, tactics, and great commanders. This is the first book to deal exclusively with the nature of command itself, and to trace its development over two thousand years from ancient Greece to Vietnam. It treats historically the whole variety of problems involved in commanding armies, including staff organization and administration, communications methods and technologies, weaponry, and logistics. And it analyzes the relationship between these problems and military strategy. In vivid descriptions of key battles and campaigns--among others, Napoleon at Jena, Moltke's Kouml;niggrauml;tz campaign, the Arab-Israeli war of 1973, and the Americans in…

Book details

List price: $41.00
Copyright year: 1985
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 1/1/1987
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.13" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English




Introduction: On Command


The Nature of Command


The Evolution of Command


The Study of Command



The Stone Age of Command


The Parameters of Strategy


The Nonevolution of Staffs


The Conduct of Battle Conclusions: Mars Shackled



The Revolution in Strategy ""The God of War""


Inside Imperial Headquarters 1806


The Campaign 1806


The Battle Conclusions


Mars Unshackled 4.