Fighting Power: German and U.S. Army Performance, 1939-1945

'œMartin van Crevald has produced yet another provocative book that ... is bound to stimulate discussion. ... With the aid of almost sixty tables and figures van Crevald conducts a sophisticated analysis of measurements and calculations, juxtaposing the Wehrmacht to the U.S. Army in order to establish where the secret of the former's superior efficiency lay in scoring more kills than the enemy. ...van Crevald proceeds in a more sober and systematic way to look into a wide range of categories: social status, structure and mobility, army organization and administration, rewards and punishments, and the role of noncommissioned officers and of the officer corps.'' American Historical ReviewMartin van Creveld is the author of 'Fighting Power: German and U.S. Army Performance, 1939-1945', published 1982 under ISBN 9780313233333 and ISBN 0313233330.