Robert M. Citino is professor of history at Eastern Michigan University. His other books include Quest for Decisive Victory; From Stalemate to Blitzkrieg in Europe, 1899-1940; The Path of Blitzkrieg; Doctrine and Training in the German Army, 1920-1939; and Armored Forces; A History and Sourcebook.
"An excellent book that should be read and digested by every
professional soldier. Works of this nature represent the 'book'
referred to by the late von Schlieffen, and it is imperative that
we all continue to increase our knowledge of the art and science of
war."--Armor"Citino is insightful, provocative, and unstinting in
his analysis of doctrine. . . . Soldiers who take the time to read
Robert Citino's book carefully will find themselves sometimes
irritated, sometimes embarrassed as they recall their own
shortcomings, but always stimulated by Citino's fast-paced
narrative and logical argument."--Parameters"A superlative and
important book, well written, exhaustively researched, and
exquisitely balanced. The author is a skilled military historian
who brilliantly examines the operational art from its conceptual
beginnings through its successes and failures from the 1930s to the
1990s. . . . Citino is unsparingly critical when he needs to be of
the U.S. Army. . . . Essential reading at all American war
colleges."--Washington Times
"Vivid, incisive, laced with trenchant observations, Blitzkrieg to
Desert Storm is a remarkable--even brilliant--study of war at the
operational level, emphasizing the importance of intangibles and
the elusiveness of decisive victory."--Andrew J. Bacevich, author
of American Empire"An important addition to the current debate over
what direction U.S. military doctrine should take, this book brings
back into focus the central role of operational-level warfare in
military thought."--James S. Corum, author of The Roots of
Blitzkrieg"A superb survey by a sophisticated military
historian."--Jonathan M. House, author of Combined Arms Warfare in
the Twentieth Century"Interesting, informative and
insightful."--Andrew F. Krepinevich author of The Army and Vietnam
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