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Fighting Power German and U.S. Army Performance, 1939-1945
Martin van Creveld
Book Code: GP9157
ISBN: 0-313-09157-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-09157-5
198 pages, bibliog.
Praeger Paperback
Publication: 6/30/2007
List Price: $20.00
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Paperback
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Series Title: Contributions in Military Studies
Series Number: 32
Reviews:
  • Martin van Crevald has produced yet another provocative book that ... is bound to stimulate discussion. ... With the aid of almost sixty tables and figures van Crevald conducts a sophisticated analysis of measurements and calculations, juxtaposing the Wehrmacht to the U.S. Army in order to establish where the secret of the former's superior efficiency lay in scoring more kills than the enemy. ...van Crevald proceeds in a more sober and systematic way to look into a wide range of categories: social status, structure and mobility, army organization and administration, rewards and punishments, and the role of noncommissioned officers and of the officer corps.
    —American Historical Review
  • In this study, Van Creveld analyzes the ways in which the WWII German Army developed the fighting power that allowed them to achieve a number of military victories even when outnumbered and using outdated equipment. He compares and contrasts the Germans with the U.S. Army, which developed a different style of war based on superior economic and technological resources. Coverage includes organizational elements such as principles of command, assignment of manpower, and indoctrination of troops. This is a reprint of a volume originally published in 1982.
    —Reference & Research Book News     August 2007
LC Card Number: 81-23732
LCC Class: UA712
Dewey Class: 355
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