Too serious a business : European armed forces and the approach to the Second World War / Donald Cameron Watt

In this original interpretation of events leading up to World War II, the author argues that the war was a European civil war brought about not only by conflicts between states, but also by a breakdown within European society as a whole. The text analyzes this breakdown as it affected the European Armed Forces, and proposes that the military contributed to the problem by its failure to master new applications of technology - and its equally great failure to present civilian leaders with viable strategic plans. The author has also written "How War Came". Based on lectures delivered at Cambridge University, 1973. Includes index. Bibliography: p. [175]-188