なぜ枢軸国が敗れたか：第二次世界大戦における戦略の失敗の分析（第２版） Why the Axis Lost : An Analysis of Strategic Errors

Arquilla, John

McFarland & Co Inc（2020/03発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 223 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781476674520
• DDC分類 940.54

Full Description

The factors leading to the defeat of the Axis Powers in World War II have been debated for decades. One prevalent view is that overwhelming Allied superiority in materials and manpower doomed the Axis. Another holds that key strategic and tactical blunders lost the war--from Hitler halting his panzers outside Dunkirk, allowing more than 300,000 trapped Allied soldiers to escape, to Admiral Yamamoto falling into the trap set by the U.S. Navy at Midway.

Providing a fresh perspective on the war, this study challenges both views and offers an alternative explanation: the Germans, Japanese and Italians made poor design choices in ships, planes, tanks and information security--before and during the war--that forced them to fight with weapons and systems that were too soon outmatched by the Allies. The unprecedented arms race of World War II posed a fundamental "design challenge" the Axis powers sometimes met but never mastered.

Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments viii

Foreword by Victor Davis Hanson

Preface

 1. Paths to Victory (or Defeat)

 2. From Versailles to the Vistula

 3. Rising Tide, Early Reverses

 4. At the Flood

 5. Turning Points

 6. The Brink of Catastrophe

 7. Last Chances

 8. Cataclysm

 9. Why the Axis Lost

10. How World War II Still Guides Strategic Design

Chapter Notes

Works Cited

Index