In Their Own Words

Modern war planning processes was invented in Prussia, 1794-1863, and validated in the three wars of German unification, 1864-71. Since then all modern states have adopted these deep-future oriented processes to think about, plan for, and execute war. Moltke was the first modern war planner. And it was he who celebrated George Washington's victory at Yorktown (1781) by emphasizing it was a war-winning battle with very low casualties. To figure all of this out, this work applies organizational, learning, and knowledge theory. But it also tells a good story.