Creveld, M Van

Command in War

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ISBN 13:: 9780674144415
author:: Creveld, M Van
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Harvard University Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 1987
Pages:: 352
Dimensions:: 23.19 x 15.57 x 2.29 centimetres
Genre:: Political science & theory
Condition:: New
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Command in War explores the nature of command itself, tracing its development over two thousand years from ancient Greece to Vietnam. This comprehensive study examines the problems involved in commanding armies, including staff organization and administration, communications methods and technologies, weaponry, and logistics.

The book analyzes the relationship between these problems and military strategy, focusing on the means of command and how they worked in practice. Martin van Creveld reveals how technological advances such as the railroad, breech-loading rifles, the telegraph, and later tanks and helicopters brought commanders both new tactical possibilities and limitations.

Ultimately, Command in War concludes that progress in command has usually been achieved by finding ways to transcend the limitations of existing technologies, rather than relying on more advanced ones. This insightful study provides a nuanced understanding of the complexities of command in war.

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