WWII GERMAN US ARMY PERFORMANCE FIGHTING POWER CREVELD MILITARY THEORY STRATEGY

Description: Fighting Power :German and U.S. Army Performance, 1939-1945by Martin Van CreveldPublished by Greenwood Press, 1982. First Edition, 6th printing. Very good hardcover, no dustjacket as issued. Tight binding, solid spine, clean unmarked text, small stain to foredge. 8vo, index, 198 pages.Excellent analysis of the differences in the organization between the US and German armies during WWII, which made the German so much more efficient than the American. The main reason was the German inclination to decentralize decisions as far down as possible. Regiments were made up of soldiers from the same district in Germany, and regimental commanders decided who to train for officers, who to promote, who to decorate and who to punish. Assessments were made qualitatively, and the main qualities looked for in an officer, and a soldier, where creativity, initiative, and decisiveness. The American system was centralized, many of the best men where at home, doing numerical analysis on developments at the front. As utterly sinister as the nazi system was, the organization of its war machine was, strangely enough, more human than the American one, and it proves valuable lessons for anyone. Loc: E9StoreAdd to FavoritesFeedbackWWII GERMAN US ARMY PERFORMANCE FIGHTING POWER CREVELD MILITARY THEORY STRATEGY Fighting Power :German and U.S. Army Performance, 1939-1945by Martin Van CreveldPublished by Greenwood Press, 1982. First Edition, 6th printing. Very good hardcover, no dustjacket as issued. Tight binding, solid spine, clean unmarked text, small stain to foredge. 8vo, index, 198 pages.Excellent analysis of the differences in the organization between the US and German armies during WWII, which made the German so much more efficient than the American. The main reason was the German inclination to decentralize decisions as far down as possible. Regiments were made up of soldiers from the same district in Germany, and regimental commanders decided who to train for officers, who to promote, who to decorate and who to punish. Assessments were made qualitatively, and the main qualities looked for in an officer, and a soldier, where creativity, initiative, and decisiveness. The American system was centralized, many of the best men where at home, doing numerical analysis on developments at the front. As utterly sinister as the nazi system was, the organization of its war machine was, strangely enough, more human than the American one, and it proves valuable lessons for anyone. Loc: E9

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