Synopses & Reviews
This collection uses a series of case studies to assess the impact of heretical military leaders who developed policy and strategy during war and peace in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-235) and index.
About the Author
B.J.C. McKERCHER is an Associate Professor of History at the Royal Military College of Canada.A. HAMISH ION is an Associate Professor of History at the Royal Military College of Canada.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Military Heretics: The Unorthodox in Policy and Strategy by B.J.C. McKercher and A. Hamish Ion
Making and Breaking the Rules: Orthodoxy, Heterodoxy, and Heresy in Modern War by John Gooch
New Wars and Old: Felix Calleja and the Independence War of Mexico, 1810-1816 by Christon I. Archer
From Genius to Intellect: Unorthodox Union Officers in the American Civil War by Carol Reardon
Alfred von Tirpitz's Heretical Orthodoxy by Ivo Lambi
The Youth of General A.A. Brusilov: The Making of an Unconventional, Conventional Professional by David R. Jones
Hugh Trenchard: Making the Unorthodox Orthodox by Scot Robertson
Admiral Kato Kanji: Heretic, Hero, or the Unorthodox in Pursuit of an Orthodox Naval Policy by Ian Gow
Moshe Dayan: Above the Rules by Michael I. Handel
The Mark of the Heretic by John A. English
Bibliography
Index