The Outbreak of the First World War: Strategic Planning, Crisis Decision Making, and Deterrence Failure by Maurer, John H.

The Outbreak of the First World War: Strategic Planning, Crisis Decision Making, and Deterrence Failure (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780275949983)

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The Outbreak of the First World War: Strategic Planning, Crisis Decision Making, and Deterrence Failure by Maurer, John H.

The Outbreak of the First World War: Strategic Planning, Crisis Decision Making, and Deterrence Failure

$90.00
The Outbreak of the First World War: Strategic Planning, Crisis Decision Making, and Deterrence Failure by Maurer, John H.

The Outbreak of the First World War: Strategic Planning, Crisis Decision Making, and Deterrence Failure

$90.00
Format: Hardcover
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This study examines what led the leaders of Austria-Hungary and Germany to launch major military offensives at the beginning of the First World War. The focus is on understanding why these two countries adopted high-risk offensive strategies during an international confrontation rather than a defensive military stance. The decision to attack or defend did not occur in a political vacuum. The leaders of Austria-Hungary and Germany adopted offensive strategies as a way to achieve their political ambitions. The offensives undertaken by Austria-Hungary and Germany in 1914 thus reflected their political goals as well as the strategic doctrines of war planners. The concluding chapter of this study explores why deterrence failed in 1914.

Author: John H. Maurer
ISBN-10: 0275949982
ISBN-13: 9780275949983
Publisher: Praeger
Language: English
Published: 10/18/1995
Pages: 168
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 9.48h x 6.34w x 0.73d
By John H. Maurer
By John H. Maurer
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JOHN H. MAURER is Associate Professor in the Strategy Department of the U.S. Naval War College where he lectures on naval history and strategy, international history, and strategic studies. He is also the assistant editor of the journal Diplomacy and Statecraft.

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