The U.S. Army GHQ Maneuvers of 1941

Washington, DC: United States Army, Center of Military History (produced by U. S. Government Printing Office), 1991. World War II 50th Anniversary Commemorative Edition [stated]. First Printing [stated]. Trade paperback. very good. Format is approximately 5.875 inches by 9.125 inches. viii, 227, [1] pages. Wraps. Illustrations (some color). Maps (with some color). Notes. The author received his Ph.D. in History from Ohio State University in 1981. He joined in 1983 the faculty of the Combat Studies Institute the military history department of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, where he specialized in the U. S. Army in the interwar and World War II periods. The 1941 maneuvers, the largest ever conducted by the U.S. Army, exercised an incalculable influence on the development of the American force structure in World War II. The maneuvers served to test emerging assumptions about doctrine and organization. He is the author of a number of campaign and battle studies that have earned him an outstanding reputation as both an 'official historian' and a military historian The U.S. Army GHQ Maneuvers of 1941 is a masterful study of the largest military training exercises ever conducted by a military organization attempting to mobilize and modernize simultaneously during a rapidly changing international security environment. The maneuvers had an incalculable influence on the development of the American force structure in World War II, giving Army formations experience in teamwork and combined arms. Viewed by Army Chief of Staff George C. Marshall as the "combat college for troop leading" for the rising crop of field-grade officers, they also served to test emerging assumptions about doctrine, organization, and equipment. Gabel's work is an important and useful addition to the body of literature on military training. The evolution of training in the U.S. Army, particularly the linkage between maneuvers and changes in doctrine and organization, is worthy of reflection by students and those with an interest in maneuvers as laboratories for simulating large-scale engagements.