1st Edition
The Halt In The Mud French Strategic Planning From Waterloo To Sedan
By Gary P Cox
Copyright 1994
258 Pages
by
Routledge
258 Pages
by
Routledge
258 Pages
by
Routledge
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Historians have traditionally seen Prussia as the creator of modern strategic planning. The members of the Great General Staff in the carmine-striped trousers have long received credit for perfecting "off the shelf' plans for any contingency. In contrast, the French have been depicted as effete martinets or feckless hussars, fearless in battle but utterly unconcerned with such arcane matters as... Read more
Preface -- The Napoleonic Inheritance: Strategic Planning in the Wars of the Revolution and the Empire -- The French Defense Problem in 1815 -- The “Great Ministry” of Marshal Gouvion Saint-Cyr -- The Defense Commission of 1818 -- The French Reaction to the Founding of the German Federal Army -- 1830: Revolution, Belgium, and the Brink of War -- The Price of Success -- Collision Course: 1840-1848 -- Paved with Good Intentions -- Afterword
Biography
Gary P. Cox
