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Quest for Decisive Victory: From Stalemate to Blitzkrieg in Europe, 1899-1940

Since the earliest days of warfare, military operations have followed a predictable formula: after a decisive battle, an army must pursue the enemy and destroy its organization in order to achieve a victorious campaign. But by the mid-19th century, the emergence of massive armies and advanced weaponry — and the concomitant decline in the effectiveness of cavalry — had diminished the practicality of pursuit, producing campaigns that bogged down short of decisive victory. Great battles had become curiously indecisive, decisive campaigns virtually impossible.

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 372
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780700611768
  • Genres
  • war, history
  • Release date
  • 2002