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© in This Web Service Cambridge University Cambrideg University Press 978-1-107-00242-5 - War, Strategy, and Military Effectiveness Williamson Murray Index More information Index Abraham, Plains of, 109, 177 Ardennes Forest, 149, 151, 250–252 Adolphus, Gustavus, 87–89, 104 Armies, U.S. air power Third Army, 77 nuclear weapons and, 266 Arnold, General Henry, 241, 263 theories of, 58, 232–235, 252–254, 262, Athens, 24–25, 53–56, 132 266 Atlantic, Battle of the, 127, 131, 229, Aix-la-Chapelle, 176 301–302, 304 Albania, 124 atomic bomb, 311, 317 Alexander the Great, 33 Auschwitz, 311 Alma, Battle of, 184 Austerlitz, Battle of, 14n2, 46 Al-Radi, Nuha, 276–277 Australia, 130 Al Qaeda, 17n15, 36 Austrian Empire, 116, 133, 185, 187–188 Alsace Lorraine, 202 Austrian Succession, War of, 108, 134, 175 Angell, Norman, 26 Austro-Hungarian Empire, 183, 193, Afghanistan, 7, 13 212–213 Airborne Warning and Control System Austro-Prussian War. See Seven Weeks’ (AWACS), 268 War American Civil War French Revolution and Industrial Balkans, 20n23 Revolution, fusion of, and, battle space dominance, 4, 30, 68–69 169–170, 182, 193 BARBAROSSA, Operation planning and, 113–115, 135, 146 Hitler and, 123, 205–206 principles of war and, 73–74 logistics and, 150, 221, 315 American Independence, War of, 110, 134, Luftwaffe and, 226 177 Moscow, advance on, 222, 315 Amherst, General Jeffrey, 109 planning and, 90, 210–211 Anglo-German Naval Treaty of 1935, red teaming and, 150, 160 286n13 Roosevelt and, 129 Annapolis. See United States Naval war crimes and, 313, 315 Academy Wehrmacht and, 150, 160 An Nasariyah, 92n32 Bazaine, Marshal Achille, 190–191 Anschluss, 220, 290n24 Beatty, Vice Admiral David, 227 Archidamnus, King, 8n11, 23, 55 Beaufre, General Andre,` 162n70 319 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambrideg University Press 978-1-107-00242-5 - War, Strategy, and Military Effectiveness Williamson Murray Index More information 320 Index Beck, Ludwig, 122, 156n49, 204n21, 205, Committee of Imperial Defence and, 125 208, 219 Crimean War and, 112–113, 183–184 Beesly, Patrick, 304 expeditionary warfare and, 106, 108 Belgium, 118, 148, 173, 211 French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Belgrade, 312 Wars and, 110–112 Benedek, General Ludwig, 187 Gallipoli Campaign and, 51, 120, 214 Berlin, Battle of, 263 Higher Command and Staff Course and, Berlin Wall, 117n48, 170 145 Beyerchen, Alan, 66 intelligence organizations of, 12, 283 bureaucracies, 34 Admiralty Operational Intelligence conformity of thought and, 36–37 Centre (OIC) and, 299–300, 302, nature of, 35 305 overregulation of, 37 analysis of intelligence and, 284, 287, Bismarck, Otto von 289–291, 299–301 Franco-Prussian War and, 188–189, bureaucratic framework of, 285–286 191–192 civilian recruitment and, 286–287, Seven Weeks’ War and, 187–188 292–296, 298, 303, 306–307 statesmanship of, 10, 182–183, 185, Cold War and, 293 195–196 culture of, 286(nn13, 14), 293–294 strategic vision of, 10, 115–117, Enigma machines and, 292, 301–302 185–186 effectiveness of, 284, 285, 287, Blenheim, Battle of, 106n22, 173 306–307 Bletchley Park, 222, 228, 293n30, funding of, 289–292 300–302, 304.SeealsoUltra Government Code and Cypher School intelligence (GC and CS) and, 292, 294 Blomberg, General Werner von, 199–200 interwar period and, 289, 292 Blount, Major General Buford, 5 Secret Intelligence Service and, 289 Blitzkrieg, 143, 154 scientific development and, 296–298 Bock, Field Marshal Fedor von, 210 signals intelligence and, 284 Bolshevik Revolution, 19n19, 170 U-boat offensive and, 285, 300–305 Bomber Command, 11, 235 merchant shipping and, 227, 229, 302 area bombing and, 236, 238, 255 Mesopotamian River Valley rebellion of OVERLORD, Operation, and, 238 1920 and, 5–6 target accuracy and, 242–243, 297 military institutions of, targeting priorities and, 237, 251 adaptation in war and, 41 Bonaparte, Napoleon, 73, 75, 110–112, Chiefs of Staff and, 214 134, 179 naval power. See Royal Navy Borodino, Battle of, 14n2, 46, 180 red teaming and, 157–159 Braddock, General Edward, 108, 176 resistance movements and, 127 Bradley, Omar, 13 Runciman mission and, 27 Brauchitsch, Field Marshal Walter von, Seven Years’ War and, 108–110, 210, 220–221 175–177 Britain Spanish Succession, War of, and, air power and, 233–235.SeealsoRoyal 105–107, 172–175 Air Force strategic shifts and, 20–21 Air Ministry and, 296 World War I and, 26–27, 119–120, 125, appeasement policy and, 314 135 Austrian Succession, War of, and, Britain, Battle of, 202, 224–226, 239 175–176 British Expeditionary Force, 41, 148, strategic bombing and, 11.Seealso 191n50, 214 Combined Bomber Offensive Brodie, Bernard, 76 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambrideg University Press 978-1-107-00242-5 - War, Strategy, and Military Effectiveness Williamson Murray Index More information Index 321 Bruchmuller,¨ Lieutenant Colonel Georg, Combined Bomber Offensive, 11, 224, 316 216 area bombing offensive and, 244, Bruning,¨ Chancellor Heinrich, 204 255–256, 258, 262 Bulge, Battle of the, 93 attrition of aircraft and pilots and, 253, Burnett-Stuart, General Sir John, 158 258 Bush, President George H.W., 68, 267 blind bombing capabilities and, 238 divided approaches and, 237, 240 Caesar, Julius, 102 Eighth U.S. Air Force and, 238–240, Canada, 109 242n30, 258 Capelle, Admiral Eduard von, 228 industrial dispersion and, 240 Caribbean, 173–174, 177 long range fighters and, 243, 246 Caucasus, 20n23 oil campaign and, 241–242, 244, Central Command Air Force (CENTAF), 246–249, 259–260, 263 269 targeting priorities and, 237, 239, 241, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 13, 36 250–251, 258, 263 Chamberlain, Neville, 13, 41–42, 125, 290 transportation campaign and, 241–242, Charles XII of Sweden, 15n5 249–252, 260–261, 263 China Ultra intelligence and, 242n30, 247–248, emerging threats and, 34, 36, 78, 251, 263 World War II and, 124, 312, 314 Combined Joint Task Force-7, 76 Colonies, British North American, Constantine, Emperor, 86 108–110 Corcyra, 54–55, 57 Churchill, Winston Corps, U.S. Army British intelligence and, 286n11, Third Army, 77 297–298 V Corps, 77 Dardanelles and, 119–120 Corinth, 54–55 Gallipoli Campaign, 51, 120 Crimean War, 112–113, 183–184, 188 leadership of, 126, 166, 314, 316 Cromwell, Oliver, 172 Royal Navy and, 93, 119 Czechoslovakia, 27, 42, 205, 208, 290, 314 World War I and, 17–18, 119–120, 170–171 Dardanelles, 119–120 World War II and, 126, 151, 243, 263, De MacMahon, Marshal E.P.M., 191 292, 297–298, 303, 314 Denmark, 186, 215, 299 Clausewitz, Carl von Denniston, Commander Alistair, 294 conduct of war and, 3 DESERT SHIELD, Operation, 274 .See friction and, 29, 50–52, 254 Gulf War intelligence and, 287 DESERT STORM, Operation, 265, 281. policy and, 206 See also Gulf War relevancy of, 31, 59, 66 Dien Bien Phu, 64 revolutionary war and, 168–169, Dill, Field Marshal Sir John, 158, 161 178–179 Division, U.S. Army theory of war and, 47–50, 74 3rd Infantry Division, 5 works on, 60, 66 Division, U.S. Marines Clinton, Sir Henry, 110 1st Marine Division, 5, 130 Clive, Robert, 109 Dogger Bank, Battle of, 227 Coalition Force Land Component Donitz,¨ Admiral Karl, 123, 202, 214, 302, Commander (CFLCC), 5, 76 304, 307 Cold War, 20, 34, 64, 99, 164 Douhet, Giulio, 58, 233n4 Collins, Major J. Lawton, 308n77 Dowding, Air Marshal Sir Hugh, 29n55, combined arms tactics, 120–121, 154, 203, 243, 296n38, 315 219 Drumbeat, Operation, 305 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambrideg University Press 978-1-107-00242-5 - War, Strategy, and Military Effectiveness Williamson Murray Index More information 322 Index Dugan, Lieutenant General Michael, 266 Vietnam and, 15, 80n19 Dunkirk, 191n50 World War I and, 118, 120, 148, Dutch Republic, 105–107, 172–174 218n67, 219 World War II and, 143, 220, 226, 249, Eaker, Lieutenant General Ira, 239 261, 316 Edward III of England, 103–104 Franco-Prussian War, 115–117, 145, 169, effects-based operations, 31n64 182, 185, 188–193 Einsatzgruppen, 206 Franks, General Tommy, 77 Eisenhower, President and General Dwight Frederick the Great, 75, 88, 108, 175–177, D., 63–64, 130, 132, 241 179 Elizabeth I of England, 104n18 French Revolution, 21, 106n22, 168–170, Enigma encryption 177–178, 182, 193 code-breaking and, 229, 284–285, 294, French Revolutionary Wars, 110–112, 134 299, 302 Fritsch, Werner von, 156n49, 219 Poland and, 291–292 Fuller, Major General J.F.C., 72–73 U-boats and, 300–304 weather ships and, 228, 301–302 Galbraith, John Kenneth, 11, 231–232 Wehrmacht and, 222.SeealsoUltra Galland, General Adolf, 246 intelligence Gallipoli, 51, 120, 214 Enlightenment, 106n22 Gamelin, General Maurice, 149–151, England, 86, 104, 134n97 162n70, 163 Eugene of Savoy, Prince, 106–107, 173 Gat, Azar, 75 Euripides, 16 Gavin, Lieutenant General James, 64 George, Prime Minister David Lloyd, 75 Falkenhyn, General Erich von, 33n71, Gericht, operation, 312 117n49, 149 Germain, George, Lord, 110, 176n18 Fascism, 15n5, 21 German operational and tactical Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 36 effectiveness Fingerspitzengefuhl¨ , 138 Army and, 216–223 First World, 24, 26, 78 combined arms doctrine and, Fontenot, Colonel Greg, 80n18 219–220 Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 73 decentralized control and, 218 Fourth Generation War, 33 defensive warfare and, 218–219 France, 104. See also specific named wars logistics and, 221–222 Austrian Succession, War of, and, intelligence and, 222–223 175–176 Kriegsmarine and Combined Bomber Offensive and, Enigma and, 228–229, 301–302 241–242 surface operations and, 227 Crimean War and, 112–113, 183–184 U-boats and, 227–229, 285, 300–305 interwar period and, 39, 143 Luftwaffe and, 223–226 Louis XIV, reign of.
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