Opportunity in danger
Subtitle: Manstein's East Front strategy from 19 Nov 1942 to 18 Mar 1943
By: by Steven B. Bolstad
Contributors: Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from the National Technical Information Service
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 138
Description: In the 1990s the United States Armed Forces will be asked by its leaders to do more with less. This represents a significant turn from the policies of the last decade. During World War Two the German Army operated effectively under similar policy constraints. There are many lessons in strategic planning that can be learned from Field Marshal Erich von Manstein's operations during the Winter of 1942-43. He was able to grasp tremendous opportunity amid extreme strategic danger. He decisively changed the strategic situation on the Eastern Front over a four month period. This thesis addresses the following questions. What factors enabled him to operate so effectively? What hindered him? What decisions did he make, when and why? How might leaders today make similar decisions under similar circumstances and be as successful? The answers to these questions will be of great value to the United States Armed Forces as they restructure themselves for the 1990s.
Notes: Thesis advisor: Russel H.S. Stolfi.

ADA246388.

"June 1991".

Thesis (M.S. in National Security Affairs) Naval Postgraduate School, June 1991.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-137).

Approved for public release; distribution unlimited.

US Navy (USN) author.

Degree received should read: M.A. in National Security Affairs.  Error on title page.