The Seeds of Disaster: The Development of French Army Doctrine, 1919-1939 (Stackpole Military History Series) by Robert A. Doughty
English | October 1, 2014 | ISBN: 0811714608, 0208020969 | 256 pages | EPUB/MOBI/AZW3 | 4 MB
English | October 1, 2014 | ISBN: 0811714608, 0208020969 | 256 pages | EPUB/MOBI/AZW3 | 4 MB
An examination of the military doctrine that animated the French defense against the German invasion in 1940.
Argues that the French learned the wrong lessons from World War I and were ill prepared for World War II
Lessons for modern armies about how to learn from past wars and prepare for future wars
Winner of the Paul Birdsall Prize of the American Historical Association