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The German failure in Belgium, August 1914 : how faulty reconnaissance exposed the weakness of the Schlieffen Plan /
- Title
- The German failure in Belgium, August 1914 : how faulty reconnaissance exposed the weakness of the Schlieffen Plan / Dennis Showalter, Joseph P. Robinson and Janet A. Robinson.
- Author
- Showalter, Dennis E.,
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
- ©2019
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- Description
- viii, 217 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Germany's failure in the first year of World War I remains a frequent subject of analysis. This book examines the structural failures that frustrated the Germans in the war's initial campaign, the invasion of Belgium. Too much routine in planning, command and execution led to groupthink, inflexibility and an overconfident belief that nothing could go too terribly wrong"--
- Subjects
- Military planning
- Military reconnaissance
- Germany > Heer
- Operational art (Military science)
- 1900-1999
- World War (1914-1918)
- Moltke, Helmuth von, 1848-1916
- Military planning > Germany > History > 20th century
- Military campaigns
- Schlieffen Plan
- Germany > Heer > History > 20th century
- Belgium
- Military reconnaissance > Germany > History > 20th century
- World War, 1914-1918 > Germany
- World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns > Belgium
- Case studies
- Operational art (Military science) > Case studies
- History
- Genre/Form
- Case studies.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-207) and index.
- ISBN
- 9781476674629
- 1476674620
- LCCN
- 2018058322
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library