Command and Commanders in Modern Warfare: Proceedings of the Second Military History Symposium U. S. Air Force Academy 2-3 May, 1968, Volumen968William Geffen United States Air Force Academy, 1969 - 376 páginas |
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Página 232 - Thus his reputation snow-balls, and soon, probably against his will, he has become a colorful figure, credited with fabulous characteristics over and above the competence in war command for which he has been conditioning himself all his life. His fame may not have gone to his head, but there is nevertheless danger in this. Should he get to identifying himself with the figure as publicized, he may subconsciously start thinking in terms of what his reputation calls for, rather than of how best to meet...
Página 101 - The sombre conclusion was drawn that if trade were to be adequately protected 'the correct strategy of the Grand Fleet is no longer to endeavour to bring the enemy to action at any cost, but rather to contain him in his bases until the general situation becomes more favourable to us.
Página 118 - I have often told you that two fleets of equal force can never produce decisive events, unless they are equally determined to fight it out, or the Commander-in-Chief of one of them misconducts his line.
Página viii - Gordon A. Craig, Problems of Coalition Warfare: The Military Alliance Against Napoleon, 1813-1814 (1965).
Página iv - Personal views or opinions expressed or implied in this publication are not to be construed as carrying official sanction of the Department of the Air Force or the Air University.
Página 23 - War, a federal administration still characterized 21 by Progressive thinking entrusted the management of much of the war effort to a covey of similar agencies, such as the War Industries Board, the Food Administration, and the Fuel Administration. Interestingly, a good deal of perplexity attended the Progressives' efforts to define the nature of these agencies. They were neither executive agencies, nor quite judicial bodies, nor quite administrative boards. They were intended to give supervision...
Página 241 - Snow defines good judgment as "the ability to think of many matters at once, in their interdependence, their relative importance, and their consequences." Significantly, Spruance was referred to as the man with a computer brain, and we are all familiar with the current stress on systems analysis, which I define as a more efficient method for considering all the factors involved in making a decision. But without engaging in the controversy over "computers versus judgment" I would like to deal with...
Página 321 - I point out that his major purpose— to 322 demonstrate that a proper study of the past can in fact be interesting and relevant to the present— has been eminently successful. NOTES 1. Alfred F. Hurley, Billy Mitchell, Crusader for Air Power (New York, 1964), p. 75. 2. Report, Maj. WH Frank, Assistant Commandant Air Corps Tactical School, to Brig. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois, Director of Air Corps Maneuvers, subj: Report on Maneuvers, 30 August 1929, inclosing: Critique, Air-Ground Maneuvers Fifth...
Página 85 - I have often stated that in my opinion our army school system was one of the largest contributors to our success in World War II, and there is considerable evidence to show that this school system was established because of the effectiveness of the so-called "Leavenworth Clique
Página 235 - My feeling was one of confidence when Spruance was there and one of concern when Halsey was there. . . . When you moved into Admiral Spruance's command from Admiral Halsey's . . . you moved from an area in which you never knew what you were going to do in the next five minutes or how you were going to do it, because the printed instructions were never up to date.