| Primordial Violence: German War on the Soviet Partisans Contributor(s): Usmc Command and Staff College (Author) |
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ISBN: 1500149683 ISBN-13: 9781500149680 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - World War Ii |
| Physical Information: 0.1" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (0.30 lbs) 48 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Clausewitz offers his paradoxical trinity as a viable framework for analyzing theinherent complexities of warfare. The three interdependent, dynamic aspects of the trinity must be balanced against each other if a successful plan for war is to prevail. Additionally, Clausewitz addresses the dynamics of insurgencies and counter insurgencies. With these two analytical frameworks, an examination of a specific campaign becomes plausible.The German war on the Soviet partisans in the occupied territories of the Eastern Front from 1941-1944 reflected the interplay of the trinity. Primordial violence was imbued in the German people as a result of National Socialist indoctrination. The play of chance and probability reflected the largely successful active and passive measures employed by the German armed forces behind the German front. The element of subordination wasmanifested in the pernicious Nazi occupation policies that inevitably dictated the conduct of the armed forces.As a result of Hitler's imbalanced, irrational eastern strategy and subsequent war on the partisans, primordial violence, enmity, and hatred superseded the other two legs of the trinity. Hitler's unlimited political and military objectives ultimately were incompatible with the German Army's ability to pragmatically prosecute the eastern war and pacify the population that supported the partisan resistance. |