000 02476cam a2200409 i 4500
001 rnd000000000047422
003 RAND
008 920212s1985 cauab b 000 0 eng d
010 _a 85012305
020 _a0833006614 (pbk.)
027 _aRAND/R-3281-NA
035 _a(Sirsi) a188538
037 _c$35.00
040 _aCstmoR
_cCstmoR
043 _aew-----
050 0 0 _aUA646
_b.J24 1985
100 1 _aJacobsen, Mark,
_d1950-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aContingency plans for war in Western Europe, 1920-1940 /
_cMark Jacobsen, Robert Levine, William Schwabe.
264 1 _aSanta Monica, CA :
_bRAND,
_c1985.
300 _axxi, 190 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"A report from the RAND Strategy Assessment Center."
500 _a"June 1985."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 188-190).
520 _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.
530 _aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aMilitary planning
_zEurope
_xHistory
_y20th century.
651 0 _aEurope
_xDefenses.
710 2 _aRand Strategy Assessment Center.
710 2 _aRand Corporation.
710 1 _aUnited States.
_bDepartment of Defense.
_bDirector of Net Assessment.
856 4 1 _yOnline Access
_uhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3281/
999 _c597402
_d597402