{"product_id":"dying-to-learn-9781501758454","title":"Dying to Learn","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDying to Learn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Michael Hunzeker develops a novel theory to explain how wartime militaries learn.\u003c\/b\u003e He focuses on the Western Front, which witnessed three great-power armies struggle to cope with deadlock throughout the First World War, as the British, French, and German armies all pursued the same solutions-assault tactics, combined arms, and elastic defense in depth. By the end of the war, only the German army managed to develop and implement a set of revolutionary offensive, defensive, and combined arms doctrines that in hindsight represented the best way to fight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHunzeker identifies three organizational variables that determine how fighting militaries generate new ideas, distinguish good ones from bad ones, and implement the best of them across the entire organization. These factors are: the degree to which leadership delegates authority on the battlefield; how effectively the organization retains control over soldier and officer training; and\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom his detailed case studies, Hunzeker develops a theory of wartime learning. Hunzeker specializes in conventional deterrence, war termination, military adaptation, and simulation design.\u003c\/p\u003e * Michigan War Studies Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDying to Learn is a valuable and impressive academic and practitioner's analysis. It is not easy reading. The author demonstrates the value of institutional, organizational, and doctrinal study, however unexciting the topics are for many.\u003c\/p\u003e * US Army War College Press *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDying to Learn\u003c\/i\u003e will be especially relevant to contemporary military service personnel thinking about their own profession as it contends with the complexity of learning in a time of great stress and strain.Hunzeker offers a model to understand wartime learning[.]\u003c\/p\u003e * Canadian Military History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Wartime Learning\u003cbr\u003e Assessment, Command, and Training Theory\u003cbr\u003e Learning on the Western Front\u003cbr\u003e The German Army on the Western Front\u003cbr\u003e The British Army on the Western Front\u003cbr\u003e The French Army on the Western Front\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Alternative Explanations and Policy Implications\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409352761687,"sku":"9781501758454","price":32.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501758454.jpg?v=1730506522","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dying-to-learn-9781501758454","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}