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This collection uses a series of case studies to assess the impact of heretical military leaders who developed policy and strategy during war and peace in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The issue for each contributor is not necessarily to show whether the endeavors of individuals and their unorthodoxy were successful or unsuccessful--though this important consideration is not ignored. Rather, each chapter offers differing points of view on accomplishments and failure because, as is so often the experience in historical study, the record is mixed; and this is especially so in terms of the application of military power in the period since the Napoleonic wars. Technological and scientific innovation, the rise of mass armies, the advent of total war, and the need to develop effective armed forces in a period of rapid change prompted new approaches in policy and strategy. In this period, it is clear that a dialectic in military thinking existed between those who followed what can be thought of as orthodox ideas, based generally on the lessons of preceding wars, and heretics who advocate new policies and strategies.
Table of Contents
Making and Breaking the Rules: Orthodoxy, Heterodoxy, and Heresy in Modern War by John Gooch
New Wars and Old: Félix Calleja and the Independence War of Mexico, 1810-1816 by Christon I. Archer
From Genius to Intellect: Unorthodox Union Officers in the American Civil War by Carol Reardon
Alfred von Tirpitz's Heretical Orthodoxy by Ivo Lambi
The Youth of General A.A. Brusilov: The Making of an Unconventional, Conventional Professional by David R. Jones
Hugh Trenchard: Making the Unorthodox Orthodox by Scot Robertson
Admiral Kato Kanji: Heretic, Hero, or the Unorthodox in Pursuit of an Orthodox Naval Policy by Ian Gow
Moshe Dayan: Above the Rules by Michael I. Handel
The Mark of the Heretic by John A. English
Bibliography
Index
Product details
| Published | 30 Nov 1993 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 256 |
| ISBN | 9780275945541 |
| Imprint | Praeger |
| Dimensions | 235 x 156 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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