Joachim Remak (1920–2001)
Autore di The Nazi years : a documentary history
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Opere di Joachim Remak
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Remak, Joachim
- Altri nomi
- Remak, Joe
- Data di nascita
- 1920-12-04
- Data di morte
- 2001-06-16
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
Germany (birth) - Luogo di nascita
- Berlin, Germany
- Istruzione
- Stanford University (PhD)
University of California, Berkeley (BA, MA) - Attività lavorative
- historian
- Organizzazioni
- University of California, Santa Barbara
Lewis and Clark University
Stanford University
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- Opere
- 7
- Utenti
- 203
- Popolarità
- #108,639
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 19
- Lingue
- 2
The big difference between the two wars was due to the strategic insight of the Swiss commander, Henri Dufour. He made certain to have an overwhelming advantage in the size of his army and he kept it concentrated. Given the huge disparity in force, his adversaries accepted that resistance would be futile. Lincoln, however, only called for 75,000 volunteers, a number easily matched by the Southerners. If he had called on 300,000 and then marched 200,000 of them to Richmond, the Anaconda might have strangulated the traitors earlier. Dufour also understood the element of "with malice toward none", preventing most of the bloodshed and tragedies of war. The display of power (carrying a big stick) and not using it, offering an open hand to the errant sons helped forge a national unity which did not exist beforehand in Switzerland. The hard hand of war of the US Federal forces only split the country further. Unfortunately, the US officers were too preoccupied with the Mexican–American War to learn from the Swiss example.
A great book about a small war which exactly because of its bloodlessness deserves to be studied. The opposite of shock and awe is a winning strategy. Unfortunately, the book is already out of print. Highly recommended if you manage to find a copy.… (altro)