TY  - BOOK
AU  - Posen,Barry R.
TI  - The Sources of Military Doctrine: France, Britain, and Germany Between the World Wars 
T2  - Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
SN  - 9780801468582
U1  - 355/.02 
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Ithaca, NY
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Europe
KW  - Military History
KW  - Political Science & Political History
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International)
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - balance of power theory
KW  - battles of 1940
KW  - books about maginot line thinkgin
KW  - books on european politics
KW  - books on national security
KW  - british air defense system
KW  - british military doctrine
KW  - causes of war
KW  - causes of world war ll
KW  - current affairs
KW  - deterrent character
KW  - diplomacy
KW  - effective balance of power theory
KW  - european diplomacy
KW  - european foreign policy
KW  - european internatinal relations and foreign policy
KW  - european military doctrine
KW  - force de frappe
KW  - foreign policy
KW  - french army's defensive doctrine
KW  - french military doctrine
KW  - german blitzkrieg
KW  - german military doctrine
KW  - grand strategy
KW  - ideology of the offensive
KW  - implemented military doctrine
KW  - international affairs
KW  - international cooperation
KW  - interwar europe
KW  - interwar french
KW  - kenneth waltz
KW  - maginot line thinking
KW  - maginot line
KW  - military organizations and military defense
KW  - military science
KW  - military strategy history
KW  - military strategy
KW  - national security policy
KW  - national security
KW  - offensive doctrines
KW  - organization theory military
KW  - origins of world war II
KW  - preworld war II policies
KW  - realpolitik
KW  - royal air force
KW  - stragies of conflict
KW  - studies of european military history
KW  - study of world politics
KW  - theory of international politcs
KW  - theory of international politics
KW  - world politics
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; 1. The Importance of Military Doctrine --; 2. Explaining Military Doctrine --; 3. The Battles of 1940 --; 4. France --; 5. Britain --; 6. Germany --; 7. Conclusions --; Notes --; Selected Bibliography --; Index; restricted access
N2  - Barry R. Posen explores how military doctrine takes shape and the role it plays in grand strategy-that collection of military, economic, and political means and ends with which a state attempts to achieve security. Posen isolates three crucial elements of a given strategic doctrine: its offensive, defensive, or deterrent characteristics, its integration of military resources with political aims, and the degree of military or operational innovation it contains. He then examines these components of doctrine from the perspectives of organization theory and balance of power theory, taking into account the influence of technology and geography.Looking at interwar France, Britain, and Germany, Posen challenges each theory to explain the German Blitzkrieg, the British air defense system, and the French Army's defensive doctrine often associated with the Maginot Line. This rigorous comparative study, in which the balance of power theory emerges as the more useful, not only allows us to discover important implications for the study of national strategy today, but also serves to sharpen our understanding of the origins of World War II
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801468582
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780801468582
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780801468582/original
ER  -