Michael S. Neiberg, Ph.D. (1996 ) in History, Carnegie-Mellon University, is Professor of History at University of Southern Mississippi. He has wide-ranging publications on World War I, most notably Fighting the Great War: A Global History (Harvard, 2005).

• List of Contributors ...viiIntroduction ... 1Michael S. Neiberg1.Loving the German War Machine: America’s Infatuation with Blitzkrieg, Warfighters, and Militarism ... 52.William J. Astore3.‘Clash of the Titans’: Law vs Security in World War II Britain ... 314.Mary Kathryn Barbier5.Military Cultures, Military Histories and the Current Emergency ... 636.Jeremy Black7.Manstein, the Battle of Kharkov, and the Limits of Command ... 838.Robert M. Citino9.Th e Question of Medieval Military Professionalism ... 11310.Kelly DeVries11.Modern Soldier in a Busby: August von Mackensen, 1914–1916 ... 13112.Richard L. DiNardo13.Winning and Losing: France on the Marne and on the Meuse ... 16914.Robert A. Doughty15.Th e Forgotten Campaign: Alsace-Lorraine August 1914 ... 19316.Holger H. Herwig17.“Total War, Total Nonsense” or “Th e Military Historian’s Fetish” ... 21518.Eugenia C. Kiesling19.England’s “Descent” on France and the Origins of Blue-water Strategy ... 24320.Robert McJimseyConclusion ... 259Dennis ShowalterList of Books by Dennis Showalter ...267Select Bibliography ...269Index ...273

Michael S. Neiberg, Ph.D. (1996 ) in History, Carnegie-Mellon University, is Professor of History at University of Southern Mississippi. He has wide-ranging publications on World War I, most notably Fighting the Great War: A Global History (Harvard, 2005).

• List of Contributors ...viiIntroduction ... 1Michael S. Neiberg1.Loving the German War Machine: America’s Infatuation with Blitzkrieg, Warfighters, and Militarism ... 52.William J. Astore3.‘Clash of the Titans’: Law vs Security in World War II Britain ... 314.Mary Kathryn Barbier5.Military Cultures, Military Histories and the Current Emergency ... 636.Jeremy Black7.Manstein, the Battle of Kharkov, and the Limits of Command ... 838.Robert M. Citino9.Th e Question of Medieval Military Professionalism ... 11310.Kelly DeVries11.Modern Soldier in a Busby: August von Mackensen, 1914–1916 ... 13112.Richard L. DiNardo13.Winning and Losing: France on the Marne and on the Meuse ... 16914.Robert A. Doughty15.Th e Forgotten Campaign: Alsace-Lorraine August 1914 ... 19316.Holger H. Herwig17.“Total War, Total Nonsense” or “Th e Military Historian’s Fetish” ... 21518.Eugenia C. Kiesling19.England’s “Descent” on France and the Origins of Blue-water Strategy ... 24320.Robert McJimseyConclusion ... 259Dennis ShowalterList of Books by Dennis Showalter ...267Select Bibliography ...269Index ...273

Michael S. Neiberg, Ph.D. (1996 ) in History, Carnegie-Mellon University, is Professor of History at University of Southern Mississippi. He has wide-ranging publications on World War I, most notably Fighting the Great War: A Global History (Harvard, 2005).

• List of Contributors ...viiIntroduction ... 1Michael S. Neiberg1.Loving the German War Machine: America’s Infatuation with Blitzkrieg, Warfighters, and Militarism ... 52.William J. Astore3.‘Clash of the Titans’: Law vs Security in World War II Britain ... 314.Mary Kathryn Barbier5.Military Cultures, Military Histories and the Current Emergency ... 636.Jeremy Black7.Manstein, the Battle of Kharkov, and the Limits of Command ... 838.Robert M. Citino9.Th e Question of Medieval Military Professionalism ... 11310.Kelly DeVries11.Modern Soldier in a Busby: August von Mackensen, 1914–1916 ... 13112.Richard L. DiNardo13.Winning and Losing: France on the Marne and on the Meuse ... 16914.Robert A. Doughty15.Th e Forgotten Campaign: Alsace-Lorraine August 1914 ... 19316.Holger H. Herwig17.“Total War, Total Nonsense” or “Th e Military Historian’s Fetish” ... 21518.Eugenia C. Kiesling19.England’s “Descent” on France and the Origins of Blue-water Strategy ... 24320.Robert McJimseyConclusion ... 259Dennis ShowalterList of Books by Dennis Showalter ...267Select Bibliography ...269Index ...273