War, Strategy and the Modern State, 1792–1914

Nonfiction, History, Military
Cover of the book War, Strategy and the Modern State, 1792–1914 by Carl Cavanagh Hodge, Taylor and Francis
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Author: Carl Cavanagh Hodge ISBN: 9781315391366
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: November 25, 2016
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Carl Cavanagh Hodge
ISBN: 9781315391366
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: November 25, 2016
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

This book is a comparative study of military operations conducted my modern states between the French Revolution and World War I. It examines the complex relationship between political purpose and strategy on the one hand, and the challenge of realizing strategic goals through military operations on the other. It argues further that following the experience of the Napoleonic Wars military strength was awarded a primary status in determining the comparative modernity of all the Great Powers; that military goals came progressively to distort a sober understanding of the national interest; that a genuinely political and diplomatic understanding of national strategy was lost; and that these developments collectively rendered the military and political catastrophe of 1914 not inevitable yet probable.

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This book is a comparative study of military operations conducted my modern states between the French Revolution and World War I. It examines the complex relationship between political purpose and strategy on the one hand, and the challenge of realizing strategic goals through military operations on the other. It argues further that following the experience of the Napoleonic Wars military strength was awarded a primary status in determining the comparative modernity of all the Great Powers; that military goals came progressively to distort a sober understanding of the national interest; that a genuinely political and diplomatic understanding of national strategy was lost; and that these developments collectively rendered the military and political catastrophe of 1914 not inevitable yet probable.

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