9780674144408 - Command in War de Creveld, Martin Van (34 resultados)

Condición: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condición: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condición: Used.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: G-vg. First Edition. 339 pages. Black binding with silver lettering on spine. Some underlining and foot notes scattered through the book. Bottom corner tip of back cover bumped. Previous owner's name on top and bottom edge of textblock. Light foxing to edges of textblock. Dust Jacket worn with a couple of small tears to spine ends and corner tips. Jacket covers rubbed. Small tear to Jacket along top edge of front cover. Photos of book on request.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Harvard University Press Historical & Reference Books (Harvard University Press) Command in War (VG+/NM) (dust jacket Fair+)Manufacturer: Harvard University PressProduct Line: Historical & Reference Books (Harvard University Press)Type: HardcoverCopyright Date: 1985Author: Martin Van CreveldPage Count: 340Please review the condition and any condition notes for the exact condition of this item. All pictures are stock photos. The condition of the item you will receive is VG+/NM - dust jacket Fair+. Our grading system is explained in the terms of sale section of our bookseller page. Please feel free to contact us with any questions. Product Description:Many books have been written about strategy, tactics, and great commanders. This is the first book to deal exclusively with the nature of command itself, and to trace its development over two thousand years from ancient Greece to Vietnam. It treats historically the whole variety of problems involved in commanding armies, including staff organization and administration, communications methods and technologies, weaponry, and logistics. And it analyzes the relationship between these problems and military strategy.In vivid descriptions of key battles and campaigns--among others, Napoleon at Jena, Moltke's campaign, the Arab-Israeli war of 1973, and the Americans in Vietnam--Martin van Creveld focuses on the means of command and shows how those means worked in practice. He finds that technological advances such as the railroad, breech-loading rifles, the telegraph and later the radio, tanks, and helicopters all brought commanders not only new tactical possibilities but also new limitations.Although vast changes have occurred in military thinking and technology, the one constant has been an endless search for certainty - certainty about the state and intentions of the enemy's forces; certainty about the manifold factors that together constitute the environment in which war is fought, from the weather and terrain to radioactivity and the presence of chemical warfare agents; and certainty about the state, intentions, and activities of one's own forces. The book concludes that progress in command has usually been achieved less by employing more advanced technologies than by finding ways to transcend the limitations of existing ones.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition (Number Line With The One Present). Includes Bibliography And Index. The Book Is Bound In Black With Silver Lettering On The Spine. The Page Edges Are Lightly Tanned. The Jacket Has Light Wear And A One Inch Tear At The Lower Front Edge Which Has Been Tape Repaired On The Inside. The Spine Is Lightly Sunned.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First Edition. Large chip in dustjacket spine. All dustjackets are in Mylar acid-free protectors.; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 339 pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. 1985. Hardcover. First Printing by line number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: VG; closed tear on rear and at spine head. Black cloth boards and spine with bright silver lettering on spine. 339 pp 8vo. This is the first book written to deal exclusively with the nature of command itself, and to trace its development over two thousand years from ancient Greece to Vietnam. It treats historically the whole variety of problems involved in commanding armies, including staff organization and administration, communications methods and technologies, weaponry, and logistics. And it analyzes the relationship between these problems and military strategy. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. 1st Printing. An incisive overview of the exercise of command, with vivid examples from Napoleon to Vietnam.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. 1st Printing. An incisive overview of the exercise of command, with vivid examples from Napoleon to Vietnam.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Clean, unmarked, sharp corners, firm hinges with DJ in VG condition. TM/Mil Hist.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition (Number Line With The One Present). Includes Bibliography And Index. The Book Is Bound In Black With Silver Lettering On The Spine. The Page Edges Are Lightly Tanned, Else Fine. The Jacket Has Light Wear.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. Hardback in near fine condition with near fine condition dust jacket. Dust jacket is in mylar sleeve.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First Edition. Dust jacket in good condition. First edition, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Paperback. Condición: UsedVeryGood. Softcover; light fading, light shelf wear to exterior; otherwise in very good condition with clean text, firm binding.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good +. 1st Edition. A square solid tight clean near new un-read copy. The plain paper jacket does have a bit of rubbing wear and some edgewear. A non-fiction study in war. Book.

First Edition. Hard cover with dj. 8vo. 339pp. Clean, as NEW condition. Satisfaction guaranteed.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. PB/pub.1985/Gd. condition/339 pages - The author traces the development of command from ancient Greece to Vietnam. [AN129715]. Book.

Hardcover. Condición: Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good+. First Edition; First Printing. 339 pages; markings on front free endpaper. Minor foxing to the top exterior edge of textblock and endpapers. Some spots inside DJ. Light wear and creasing to DJ edges, minor tears. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition.

A Hardbound Book. Condición: Fine. First Edition First Printing. Previous owners bookplate on front pastedown and name embossed on title page.

hardcover. Condición: fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: very good(-). First. Maps. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. lightly soiled. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1985.

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good(-). 1st Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 339pp. A study of command in war, using case studies from famous battles and campaigns such as Napoleon at Jena, Moltke's Koniggratz campaign, the Arab-Israeli war of 1973 and the Vietnam War. The book focuses on the means of command and how they worked in practice. He discusses the impact of developing technologies but emphasizes the one constant always has been the search for certainty about the enermy and the environment in which war is fought. DJ has wear/several tears.

Hardcover. Condición: Very good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First Printing. 339, maps, notes, bibliography, index, slight wear to edges of DJ, rear DJ scuffed, top board corners somewhat bumped. Martin Levi van Creveld (born 5 March 1946) is an Israeli military historian and theorist. In 1950, his family immigrated to Israel, and Creveld grew up in Ramat Gan. From 1964 to 1969, he studied history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and earned an MA. From 1969-71, he studied history at the London School of Economics and received a Ph.D. Van Creveld's doctoral dissertation on Hitler's strategy in the Balkans during the early years of World War II was published as a book in 1973: "Hitler's Strategy, 1940-41. The Balkan Clue." After completing his Ph.D. in 1971, van Creveld returned to Israel and began teaching at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He became a professor in 1988. In 2007, he began teaching at Tel Aviv University's Security Studies Program. Van Creveld has lectured or taught at countless civilian and military institutes of higher learning all over the world. This is the first book to deal exclusively with the nature of command itself, and to trace its development over two thousand years from ancient Greece to Vietnam. It treats the whole variety of problems involved in commanding armies, including organization and administration, communications methods and technologies, weaponry, and logistics. And it analyzes the relationship between these and military strategy. In vivid descriptions of key battles and campaigns, he focuses on the means of command and shows how those means worked in practice. He finds that technological advances all brought commanders not only new tactical possibilities but also new limitations. The one constant has been the search for certainty--about the state and intentions of the enemy; about the environment in which war is fought; and about the state, and activities of one's forces. The book concludes that progress has usually been achieved less by employing technologies than by finding ways to transcend the limitations of existing ones.

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Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Owner nameplate on front pastedown. 1 inch open tears on spine heel and bottom rear panel. Shelfwear on panel corners and spine crown and heel. ; 352 pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Ex. Army War College Library copy, W5.

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