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Why did Napoleon succeed in 1805 but fail in 1812? Were the railways vital to Prussia's victory over France in 1870? Was the famous Schlieffen Plan militarily sound? Could the European half of World War II have been ended in 1944? These are only a few of the questions that form the subject-matter of this meticulously researched, lively book. Drawing on a very wide range of unpublished and previously unexploited sources, Martin van Creveld examines the 'nuts and bolts' of war: namely, those formidable problems of movement and supply, transportation and administration, so often mentioned - but…
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4 editions- Paperback · English · 2004Cambridge University Press · 300 pages · 9780521546577
- Paperback · English · 1979Cambridge University Press · 295 pages · 9780521297936
- Other · English · 2004Cambridge University Press · 313 pages · 9780521837446
- Other · English · 1980Cambridge University Press · 284 pages · 9780521217309
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