{"product_id":"dying-to-learn-michael-a-hunzeker-9781501758454","title":"Dying to Learn: Wartime Lessons from the Western Front","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDying to Learn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Michael Hunzeker develops a novel theory to explain how wartime militaries learn.\u003c\/b\u003e He focuses on the Western Front, which witnessed three great-power armies struggle to cope with deadlock throughout the First World War, as the British, French, and German armies all pursued the same solutions-assault tactics, combined arms, and elastic defense in depth. By the end of the war, only the German army managed to develop and implement a set of revolutionary offensive, defensive, and combined arms doctrines that in hindsight represented the best way to fight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHunzeker identifies three organizational variables that determine how fighting militaries generate new ideas, distinguish good ones from bad ones, and implement the best of them across the entire organization. These factors are: the degree to which leadership delegates authority on the battlefield; how effectively the organization retains control over soldier and officer training; and whether or not the military possesses an independent doctrinal assessment mechanism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough careful study of the British, French, and German experiences in the First World War, \u003ci\u003eDying to Learn\u003c\/i\u003e provides a model that shows how a resolute focus on analysis, command, and training can help prepare modern militaries for adapting amidst high-intensity warfare in an age of revolutionary technological change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael A. Hunzeker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501758454\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501758454\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 7.70w x 0.90d","brand":"Michael A. Hunzeker","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43986612584703,"sku":"9781501758454","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_80fa58e9-ea3d-4866-9339-fdf11a260a75.jpg?v=1683284389","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dying-to-learn-michael-a-hunzeker-9781501758454","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}