Training, tactics, and leadership in the Confederate Army of Tennessee
Subtitle: seeds of failure
By: Andrew Haughton.
Series: Cass series--military history and policy,; [no.] 5
Publisher: Frank Cass
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London; Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
Subjects: Confederate States of America. Army of Tennessee -- Drill and tactics; Military education -- Confederate States of America -- History; Command of troops -- History -- 19th century; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
Description: "The Battle of Caporetto in October 1917 was an almost catastrophic event for Italy. Eighty years after the event, this book reconsiders the meaning of the battle in the wider framework of the First World War." "As most histories recount, following the Central Powers' breakthrough on the Isonzo front, there followed a huge collapse of the Italian Army, which lost over half its men and materiel. Having suffered such huge losses, Italy was on the brink of total collapse and of leaving the war altogether. Yet, as this book describes, by December 1917, Italy had managed to overcome this crisis and would remain in the conflict. How did it manage to do this against such odds?"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-255) and index.