Military innovation in the interwar period

In 1914, the armies and navies that faced each other were alike right down to the strengths of their companies and battalions and the designs of their battleships and cruisers. Differences were of degree rather than essence. During the interwar period, however, the armed forces grew increasingly asy...

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Other Authors: Murray, Williamson.Millett, Allan Reed
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York Cambridge University Press 1996.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction Williamson Murray and Allan R. Millett1. Armored warfare: the British, French, and German experiences Williamson Murray2. Assault from the sea: the development of amphibious warfare between the Wars, the American, British, and Japanese experiences Allan R. Millett3. Strategic bombing: the British, American and German experiences Williamson Murray4. Close air support: the German, British and American experiences, 1918-1941 Richard R. Muller5. Adopting the aircraft carrier: the British, American and Japanese case studies Geoffrey Till6. Innovation ignored: the submarine problem, Germany, Britain and the United States, 1919-1939 Holger H. Herwig7. From radio to radar: interwar military adaptation to technological change in Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States Alan Beyerchen8. Innovation: past and future Williamson Murray9. Patterns of military innovation in the interwar period Allan R. Millett10. Military innovation in peacetime Barry Watts and Williamson Murray.