Title: Quest for Decisive Victory
Subtitle: From Stalemate to Blitzkrieg in Europe, 1899-1940
Description: Since the earliest days of warfare, military operations have followed a predictable formula: after a decisive battle, an army must pursue the enemy and destroy its organization in order to achieve a victorious campaign. But by the mid-19th century, the emergence of massive armies and advanced weaponry - and the concomitant decline in the effectiveness of cavalry - had diminished the practicality of pursuit, producing campaigns that bogged down short of decisive victory. Great battles had become curiously indecisive, decisive campaigns virtually impossible.
Subjects: German military history, Modern Military history, Military art and science, History, Tactics, Lightning war, Military history, Military art and science, history, History, modern, 19th century, History, modern, 20th century