Churchill and Hitler: Essays on the Political-Military Direction of Total War

by David Jablonsky

Overview

This collection of essays examines the development of Churchill and Hitler as strategic leaders and analyses in particular the impact of their formative years on their leadership styles, operational codes', views on civilmilitary relations, and approaches to the conduct of war at strategic, operational and tactical levels. Ultimately, victory depended on the calculated use of all the means of national power military, political, psychological and economic to achieve the national end. These essays demonstrate it was Churchill who best understood that calculation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714641195
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/01/1994
Series:	Cass Political and Military Affairs Series
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction - the Clausewitzian trinity; Churchll - the making of a grand strategist; the paradox of duality - Adolf Hitler and the concept of military surprise; Churchill - the Victorian man of action; strategic reality is not enough - hitler and the concept of crazy states; landmarks in defence literature - The World Crisis, The Unknown War, The Aftermath, Marlborough, his Life and Times; Roehm and Hitler - the continuity of political-military discord.

Editorial Reviews

This collection of essays examines the development of the two men as strategic leaders and analyzes in particular the impact of their formative years on their leadership styles, "operational codes", views on civil-military relations, and approaches to the conduct of war, particularly their use of military, political, psychological and economic power to achieve their goals. Lacks an index. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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