The Fog of Peace and War Planning: Military and Strategic Planning under Uncertainty (Strategy and History Series)

How do we plan under conditions of uncertainty? The perspective of military planners is a key organizing framework: do they see themselves as preparing to administer a peace, or preparing to fight a future war? Most interwar volumes examine only the 1920s and the 1930s. This new volume goes back, and forward in time, to draw on a greater expanse of history in order to tease out lessons for contemporary planners. These chapters are grouped into four periods: 1815-1856, 1871-1914, 1918-1938, and post-Second World War. They progress from low-tech to high-tech concerns, for example, the first period examines armies, while the second period examines navies, the third asseses navies combined with air forces, and finally for the Kaiser chapter explores nuclear issues and decision-making. Strategic And Military Planning Under The Fog Of Peace / Monica Duffy Toft And Talbot Imlay -- Strategic And Military Planning, 1815-1856 / Louise Richardson -- Russian War Planning, 1815-1856 / Frederick W. Kagan -- Austria, Prussia, And The German Confederation : The Defense Of Central Europe, 1815-1854 / Lawrence Sondhaus -- Strategic And Military Planning, 1871-1914 / David Stevenson -- Command Decision Making : Imperial Germany, 1871-1914 / Holger H. Herwig -- British Preparation For Global Naval War, 1904-1914 : Directed Revolution Or Critical Problem Solving? / John Tetsuro Sumida -- Strategic And Military Planning, 1919-1939 / Talbot Imlay -- Catching The Wave : The Raf Pursues A Rma, 1919-1939 / John Ferris -- Transforming To Victory : The Us Navy, Carrier Aviation, And Preparing For War In The Pacific / Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr. -- Us Objectives And Plans For War With The Soviet Union, 1946-1954 / David Kaiser -- From The Fall Of France To The Force De Frappe : The Remaking Of French Military Power, 1945-1962 / Charles G. Cogan -- Conclusion : Seven Lessons Learned From The Fog Of Peace / Talbot Imlay And Monica Duffy Toft. Edited By Talbot C. Imlay And Monica Duffy Toft. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 261-269) And Index. Strategic and military planning under the fog of peace / Talbot Imlay and Monica Duffy Toft Strategic and military planning, 1815-1856 / Louise Richardson Russian war planning, 1815-1856 / Frederick W. Kagan Austria, Prussia, and the German Confederation : the defense of Central Europe, 1815-1854 / Lawrence Sondhaus Strategic and military planning, 1871-1914 / David Stevenson Command decision-making : Imperial Germany, 1871-1914 / Holger H. Herwig British preparation for global naval war, 1904-1914 / John Tetsuro Sumida Strategic and military planning, 1919-1939 / Talbot Imlay Catching the wave : the RAF pursues a RMA, 1919-1939 / John Ferris Transforming to victory : the US Navy, carrier aviation, and preparing for war in the Pacific / Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr. US objectives and plans for war with the Soviet Union, 1946-1954 / David Kaiser From the fall of France to the Force de Frappe : the remaking of French Military Power, 1945-1962 / Charles G. Cogan Conclusion : seven lessons learned from the fog of peace / Talbot Imlay and Monica Duffy Toft. Interwar volumes usually examine only the 1920s and the 1930s. This volume goes further back and forward in time to draw on a greater expanse of history in order to tease out lessons for contemporary planners.