Output details
30 - History
University of Wolverhampton
Chapter title
'Le Commandement stratégique'
Type
C - Chapter in book
DOI
-
Publisher of book
Fayard
Book title
La Première Guerre Mondiale : Combats
ISBN of book
9782213668789
Year of publication
2013
URL
-
Number of additional authors
1
Additional information
-
Interdisciplinary
-
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
2 - Conflict and Peace
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
Yes
Non-English
Yes
English abstract
This chapter analyses various facets of strategic command in the First World War. After offering definitions and examining the 19th century background, it analyses matters such as the relationship of strategic to operational command; the political/military interface; strategic command in coalition warfare; the rise of civilian warlords; the emergence of ‘war managers’ in a total conflict; and the importance of communications in shaping strategic command. It contains a number of short studies of the realities of high-level, including a comparison of the effectiveness of French and German strategic commanders in the 1914 Marne campaign.
