02476cam a2200409 i 4500001001900000003000500019008004100024010001600065020002200081027001900103035002000122037001100142040001900153043001200172050002100184100003600205245010900241264003700350300005100387336002600438337002600464337002800490338003600518338002700554500005700581500001700638504005400655520098600709530005801695588004701753650005401800651002201854710003701876710002201913710007201935856005902007rnd000000000047422RAND920212s1985    cauab    b    000 0 eng d  a   85012305  a0833006614 (pbk.)  aRAND/R-3281-NA  a(Sirsi) a188538  c$35.00  aCstmoRcCstmoR  aew-----00aUA646b.J24 19851 aJacobsen, Mark,d1950-eauthor.10aContingency plans for war in Western Europe, 1920-1940 /cMark Jacobsen, Robert Levine, William Schwabe. 1aSanta Monica, CA :bRAND,c1985.  axxi, 190 pages :billustrations, maps ;c23 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  a"A report from the RAND Strategy Assessment Center."  a"June 1985."  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 188-190).  aIn an attempt to determine the effects of war planning on the behavior of countries in crises and wars, this report analyzes the national-level planning that preceded and shaped the German invasion of the Low Countries and northern France in 1940. As a study of war planning in the 1930s by France, Britain, Belgium, and Germany, it sheds considerable light on the way in which political, financial, and manpower constraints guide the military planning process: Threat assessment played a comparatively minor part in planning. Instead, available resources were the single most important determinant of plans. The situation of a totalitarian nation bent on changing the European status quo opposed by a coalition of democracies offers obvious analogies with present-day NATO. The authors discuss the similarities and differences in the historical and current situations, and draw three types of parallels: conceptual parallels, planning process comparisons, and direct similarities.  aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.  aDescription based on print version record. 0aMilitary planningzEuropexHistoryy20th century. 0aEuropexDefenses.2 aRand Strategy Assessment Center.2 aRand Corporation.1 aUnited States.bDepartment of Defense.bDirector of Net Assessment.41yOnline Accessuhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3281/