This insightful work by David N. Spires holds many lessons in tactical air-ground operations. Despite peacetime rivalries in the drafting of service doctrine, in World War II the immense pressures of wartime drove army and air commanders to cooperate in the effective prosecution of battlefield operations. In northwest Europe during the war, the ...
During World War II, Brig. Gen. Otto P. Weyland and Lt. Gen. George S. Patton sidestepped the competition that often characterizes air-ground relationships and used their cooperative relationship to achieve some of the War's greatest victories. Drawing on exclusive access to official records, David N. Spires finds that this success was due to four ...
"This intelligent monograph fills a gap in our knowledge of the 100,000-man army alllowed the Germans by the Versailles settlement. Spires gives meticulous attention to the 4,000 officers of the Reichswehr, specifically their selection, training, posting, promotion, and dismissal. He shows that these internal concerns of the army often had direct ...
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