Comments on: The first knock-out blow? http://airminded.org/2006/02/22/the-first-knock-out-blow/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-first-knock-out-blow Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Wed, 23 May 2012 10:08:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: The bolt from the blue and the knock-out blow | Airminded http://airminded.org/2006/02/22/the-first-knock-out-blow/comment-page-1/#comment-353 The bolt from the blue and the knock-out blow | Airminded Thu, 23 Feb 2006 09:17:00 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/02/22/the-first-knock-out-blow/#comment-353 [...] In his comment on my previous post, Alex mentions the "bolt from the blue" strategy as possibly related to the knock-out blow that is my current obsession (and he's right, in my opinion). My reply started to get long, so I decided to turn it into a post instead … [...] [...] In his comment on my previous post, Alex mentions the "bolt from the blue" strategy as possibly related to the knock-out blow that is my current obsession (and he's right, in my opinion). My reply started to get long, so I decided to turn it into a post instead … [...]

]]> By: Alex http://airminded.org/2006/02/22/the-first-knock-out-blow/comment-page-1/#comment-352 Alex Wed, 22 Feb 2006 11:33:33 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/02/22/the-first-knock-out-blow/#comment-352 I honestly don't know, but one of Winston Churchill's Navy planning scenarios was entitled "A Bolt from the Blue". I honestly don't know, but one of Winston Churchill's Navy planning scenarios was entitled "A Bolt from the Blue".

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2006/02/22/the-first-knock-out-blow/comment-page-1/#comment-351 Brett Holman Wed, 22 Feb 2006 04:28:56 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/02/22/the-first-knock-out-blow/#comment-351 Oh yes. But was the phrase "knock-out blow" actually used in that context? Oh yes. But was the phrase "knock-out blow" actually used in that context?

]]> By: Alex http://airminded.org/2006/02/22/the-first-knock-out-blow/comment-page-1/#comment-350 Alex Tue, 21 Feb 2006 16:34:33 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/02/22/the-first-knock-out-blow/#comment-350 There were a lot of people in 1914 who expected short and decisive military action. These are remembered in the folk unconscious as silly optimists, but there were plenty who expected that the war would be terrible but short - pretty much all the general staffs. There's a classic article by Stephen Van Evera in <i>International Security</i> about this entitled "The Cult of the Offensive: Civil-Military Relations and the Origins of the First World War". In fact, better than that, here's the citation: Van Evera, Stephen, “Cult of the Offensive”, in Miller, Lynn-Jones & Evera (eds), Military Strategy and the Origins of the First World War: An International Security Reader, (Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1991) There were a lot of people in 1914 who expected short and decisive military action. These are remembered in the folk unconscious as silly optimists, but there were plenty who expected that the war would be terrible but short - pretty much all the general staffs.

There's a classic article by Stephen Van Evera in International Security about this entitled "The Cult of the Offensive: Civil-Military Relations and the Origins of the First World War".

In fact, better than that, here's the citation:

Van Evera, Stephen, “Cult of the Offensive”, in Miller, Lynn-Jones & Evera (eds), Military Strategy and the Origins of the First World War: An International Security Reader, (Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1991)

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