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Too serious a business : European armed forces and the approach to the Second World War / Donald Cameron Watt.

Title
  1. Too serious a business : European armed forces and the approach to the Second World War / Donald Cameron Watt.
Published by
  1. Berkeley : University of California Press, 1975.
Author
  1. Watt, Donald Cameron

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Description
  1. 200 p.; 23 cm.
Summary
  1. Based on lectures delivered at Cambridge University, 1973.Includes index. Bibliography: p. [175]-188.
Subject
  1. Hitler, Adolf
  2. 1918-1945
  3. World War, 1939-1945 > Causes
  4. Europe > Politics and government > 1918-1945
  5. Europe > Armed Forces
Contents
  1. The nature of the European Civil War, 1919-1939 -- Armed forces within a disintegrating society -- New doctrines and technologies: military conservatism and technological change -- the strategic policies and postures of the powers, 1933-1939 -- Reluctant warriors: European chiefs of staff and the fear of war, 1938-1939 -- Experiences and lessons of the war and its aftermath.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Note
  1. Based on lectures delivered at Cambridge University, 1973.
  2. Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Bibliography: p. [175]-188.
Processing action (note)
  1. committed to retain