The Challenge of Change: Military Institutions and New Realities, 1918-1941

by Harold R. Winton (Editor), David R. Mets (Editor)

The Challenge of Change examines how military institutions attempted to meet the demands of the new strategic, political, and technological realities of the turbulent era between the First and Second World Wars. The contributors chose France, Germany, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States as focus countries because their military institutions endeavored to develop both the material capacity and the conceptual framework for the conduct of modern industrialized warfare on a continental scale.

Genres: Military Fiction, Military History, History

247 pages, Paperback

First published January 3, 2000

Reviews

[Ben · Rating 4 out of 5]

A look at the ARMIES of France, German, the UK, USSR, and the US during the interwar years. I think it could stand to elaborate on some points such as "this experiment/innovation produced poor results.", well okay but what were those results. It also left out Japan and Italy and while I am not an expert in Italian military affairs, I do know that Japan in between WWI and WWII is a interesting model of study.

[Becky · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was mandatory reading for a military history class I was taking, but it was still a provoking read. From military buffs to military history enthusiasts this book presents a series of essays/reports on the challenge of change in different circumstances. It covers different times periods, countries, and modes of warfare. My favorite section was the one on the Germans, who naturally, as far as their military was concerned, got it right.