The Cognitive Challenge of War : : Prussia 1806 / / Peter Paret.
Responding to the enemy's innovation in war presents problems to soldiers and societies of all times. This book traces Napoleon's victory over Prussia in 1806 and Prussia's effort to recover from defeat to show how in one particular historical episode operational analyses together wit...
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Paret, Peter, author. The Cognitive Challenge of War : Prussia 1806 / Peter Paret. Course Book Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2009] ©2010 1 online resource : 8 halftones. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Two Battles -- 2. Violence in Words and Images -- 3. Responses and Reform -- 4. The Conquest of Reality by Theory -- Notes -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Responding to the enemy's innovation in war presents problems to soldiers and societies of all times. This book traces Napoleon's victory over Prussia in 1806 and Prussia's effort to recover from defeat to show how in one particular historical episode operational analyses together with institutional and political decisions eventually turned defeat to victory. The author moves from a comparative study of French and Prussian forces to campaign narrative and strategic analysis. He examines processes of change in institutions and doctrine, as well as their dependence on social and political developments, and interprets works of art and literature as indicators of popular and elite attitudes toward war, which influence the conduct of war and the kind and extent of military innovation. In the concluding chapter he addresses the impact of 1806 on two men who fought on opposing sides in the campaign and sought a new theoretical understanding of war--Henri Jomini and Carl von Clausewitz. Fields of history that are often kept separate are brought together in this book, which seeks to replicate the links between different areas of thought and action as they exist in reality and shape events. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019) Auerstedt, Battle of, Auerstedt, Germany, 1806. Jena, Battle of, Jena, Germany, 1806. Military art and science Case studies. Military history Case studies. Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 Art and the wars. Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 Campaigns Germany Prussia. Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 Literature and the wars. Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 Social aspects Germany Prussia. HISTORY / Military / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter PUP eBook-Package 2000-2015 9783110662580 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442502 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton eBook Package Backlist 2000-2014 9783110459531 print 9780691135816 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400831340?locatt=mode:legacy Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781400831340.jpg |
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