<p>Examines the three types of misfortune--failure to learn, to anticipate, and to adapt--and shows their implication in a variety of defeats in the twentieth century</p>

Military Misfortunes: The Anatomy of Failure in War

History

John Gooch

Eliot A. Cohen

Americas

Free Press

ENG III COMPOSITION II ARGUMENT THE MYTH AND REALITY OF THE IMAGE IN AMERICAN CONSUMER CULTURE

Erica Messenger

Dorthy U. Seyler

McGraw=Hill

This title in the series on 19th and 20th century military, naval and air history provides fresh interpretations of existing material and covers strategic, diplomatic, economic and financial issues. After the Unification of Italy, the Italian army faced the tasks of making and defending the nation. Increasingly preoccupied with domestic disorder at home it also struggled to create defences against hostile European powers. At the same time it fought two major colonial wars, and in one of them, suffered a catastrophic and ignominious defeat. Finally in 1915 it entered a war for which it was ill-prepared and in course of which it almost broke. Focusing particularly on the theme of professionalism, this book examines the problems faced by the army during these years, and helps to explain its later receptivity to Fascism. John Gooch has been editor of the "Journal of Strategic Studies" since its foundation and is Chairman of the Army Records Society.

Army, State and Society in Italy, 1870-1915

Military

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

GOOCH, J.: THE UNIFICATION OF ITALY. LONDON, 1986, 50 p. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo.

THE UNIFICATION OF ITALY (LANCASTER PAMPHLETS)

Europe

Routledge

This book’s contribution to the discussion on the origin’s of the First World War is a pioneering study of both the British General Staff and the evolution of military strategy in the period immediately prior to the war. It describes the development of the General Staff, Britain’s agency for strategic planning, and goes on to give an account of its role in devising strategy. Problems are examined as they arose at grass-roots level in the War Office and progressed upward towards the Cabinet. The complex cross-currents involving the Admiralty, Foreign Office, Treasury and individuals from Edward VII downwards are charted. The account covers British military policy up to 1916, interpreting the Gallipoli campaign and explanation for its failure.

The Plans Of War : The General Staff and British Military Strategy c. 1900-1916

Routledge& Kegan Paul

The Prospect of War

Taylor&Francis

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