Moltke, Schlieffen and Prussian War Planning

by Arden Bucholz

Book Overview

This volume is a detailed historical examination of the development of modern war planning as it originated in the kingdom of Prussia beginning in the 19th-century. The focus of the study encompasses Prussia's long-term war planning, its evolution of a bureaucratic military organization to serve its goals and its application of scientific and technical knowledge to the process of making war. The major figures involved in this process, including Moltke, Waldersee and Schlieffen are also examined in this work.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0854966536
• ISBN13: 9780854966530
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Berg Publishers
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.