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World War II Battles Reconsidered Game Theory and Decision Science Perspectives on Gazala, El Alamein, Falaise and Arnhem

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20.03.2025

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20.03.2025

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278

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532 g

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Englisch

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978-1-4766-9673-7

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  • Table of Contents

    Acknowledgments deletevi
    Prologue
    1.¿A Framework for Assessing Military Decisions
    Rating Outcomes¿¿¿7; Factors Affecting Outcomes¿¿¿10; ­Meta-Decisions and Situational Factors¿¿¿11; Informational Decisions¿¿¿19; Strategic and Tactical Considerations¿¿¿26; Chapter Recapitulation: A Framework for Understanding and Assessing ­Meta-Decisions, Situational Factors, Informational Decisions, Strategic and Tactical Considerations, and Their Consequences¿¿¿40
    2.¿Gazala
    The Warring World¿¿¿45; ­Over-Promoted and ­Under-Competent: The ­Meta-Decision on Eighth Army Command at Gazalä¿¿51; "Lamentable" British Inaction "while the Russians were fighting desperately and valiantly": ­Pre-Battle Decisions¿¿¿53; Pushback to Prime Ministerial Pressure: Enabling the Axis to Move First¿¿¿55; "Seriously worried" Rommel: The Outcome of the First Two Days¿¿¿56; Baseless British Bravado, Stirring French Staunchness, and Annihilative German Efficiency: ­In-Battle Decisions Over ­Two-Plus Weeks¿¿¿57; "Tobruk must be held ... and I order you to do it": ­Late-Battle Decision Reversal¿¿¿60; "Defeat is one thing; disgrace is another": Rating the Outcome¿¿¿62; At Speed into Egypt Up to a Small Depot¿¿¿63; "Killing a magnificent stag": ­Meta-Decisions on British Commands¿¿¿65; Force Strengths¿¿¿67; "Ah, now we've got him": Confidence and Morale¿¿¿69; "Tell[ing] a chief ... the things he most likes to hear": Concentration, Reporting, Fatigue, and Luck¿¿¿71; "Rommel, Rommel, Rommel! What else matters but beating him!" ­Principal-Agent Disconnect¿¿¿73; Cowpats and Concentration: Rating the ­Meta-Decision on Eighth Army Command¿¿¿75; ­Meta-Decisional Query: Whose Was the "crowning blunder" That Lost 33,000 Commonwealth Soldiers at Tobruk to Captivity?¿¿¿77; "Barking out orders" versus "an awful lot of paperwork": ­Meta-Decisional Differences¿¿¿79; "Much resented": Organizational Behavior, Military Politics, and Commander Positioning¿¿¿80; "Cloud cuckoo land": Informational Delusion¿¿¿82; "Continued magnificent work": Informational Processes¿¿¿83; Negative Information Value: Misinterpretation¿¿¿85; Positive Information Value: The American Leak¿¿¿87; "But the bear blew first": ­Move-Order Decisions¿¿¿88; Deciding: Likelihoods, Values, and Aversions to Risk and Loss¿¿¿89; Conclusions¿¿¿90
    3.¿El Alamein
    Prodding for Mines in Moonlight with Bayonets¿¿¿92; The ­Zero-Sum Maxim of Napoleon Turned Around: Battle Decisions at El Alamein¿¿¿95; "With an insubordinate smile": Montgomery Comes to the Eighth Army¿¿¿99; "A queer little bloke": Rating the ­Meta-Decisional Command Changes¿¿¿100; "Our last chance of an offensive": ­Pre-Battle Decisions at Alam Halfä¿¿103; "The swine isn't attacking": ­Mid-Battle Decision at Alam Halfä¿¿105; "Our last chance of gaining the Suez Canal had gone": Results and Explanations¿¿¿107; Announcing the Imminent Axis Capture of Alexandria: The ­Lead-Up to October 23¿¿¿108; The Battle¿¿¿108; So Close to Full: "Ring the bells all over Britain for the first time this war"¿¿¿110; But Not Quite: The ­Cut-Short Cop¿¿¿111; Force Strengths: Pitchfork Against ­Tommy-Gun¿¿¿112; Probable Failure versus Assured Complete Victory: Framing the Decision on Attack Timing¿¿¿113; "Gnaw[ing] their way yard by yard": Battle Decisions of Montgomery¿¿¿115; "Military interests" versus "propaganda": Pre-and ­Mid-Battle Decisions of the Axis¿¿¿117; ­Post-Battle Decisions of Montgomery¿¿¿119; "Cautious-to my mind, excessively so": Rommel on Montgomery¿¿¿122; Was Montgomery Just "lucky ... to have such immense resources?": Eighth Army Upgrades¿¿¿123; "Complete chaos existed": Informational Advantage¿¿¿123; "Had we not got a single general who could even win one single battle?" Having Appropriate Resolution¿¿¿125; "As lost as a dray horse on a polo field": The Escape of Rommel's Army¿¿¿127; "So proud of his success to date": The Behavior Respecting Risk of Montgomery¿¿¿130; Conclusions¿¿¿131
    4.¿Falaise
    "Probably the most costly, controversial order given in the European theatre during World War Two"¿¿¿138; "A solid shoulder" or "a broken neck": The Decision of Bradley on August 13, 1944¿¿¿140; Throw Them Back "into the sea": The Counterattack through Mortain¿¿¿144; Bradley as ­Second-Mover: Reacting to the Attack of Hitler at Mortain¿¿¿145; "A kick up the fork": Decisions and ­Non-Decisions of Montgomery¿¿¿148; Force Destruction versus River Crossing: The Decision of Bradley of August 14¿¿¿150; The Outcome: "August 15 was the worst day of my [Hitler's] life"¿¿¿151; The Long and the Short of the Hooks¿¿¿154; A Clear Allied Triumph, If Not "the greatest achievement in military history," Yet One More Incomplete Cop: Rating the Outcome¿¿¿157; "Still comparatively virgin": Explaining the Outcome¿¿¿158; "Something altogether uprooted that wanders around": Rating the Decisions on the Counterattack¿¿¿160; "An arrogant slap in the face": Reasons for Bradley's Decision of August 13¿¿¿161; "Patton had to be saved from himself": Assessing a Major Reason for Bradley's Decision¿¿¿163; "Monty happily forgave us our trespasses": Assessing Other Justifications of Bradley's Decision¿¿¿164; "A great mistake": Rating Bradley's Decision of August 13¿¿¿166; "Squeezing the toothpaste": Rating the Decisions on the Northern Jaw¿¿¿167; "I still don't understand why the Allies did not crush us": Rating the Later Decisions¿¿¿168; "Who was responsible to whom": ­Meta-Decisional Muddling of Responsibility¿¿¿170; "Pay no attention to Monty's Goddamn boundaries": Coordinational Confusion¿¿¿172; "Egregiously wrong": Inconstant Information¿¿¿174; When Were the Allied Commanders Wrong?¿¿¿176; What Would Napoleon Have Done?¿¿¿177; Conclusions¿¿¿178
    ­Decision-Scientific Addendum to Chapter 4¿¿¿182
    5¿Arnhem
    We "simply stared, stunned, like fools"¿¿¿188; "Militarily the war is won": The Decision on Arnhem¿¿¿191; The First Week: The Planning Fallacy Again¿¿¿197; "I shall probably give it up": The Decision to Retreat¿¿¿199; "Few episodes more glorious" or Jumping Off a Cliff: Ratings of the Outcome¿¿¿201; Force Strengths¿¿¿202; "Unquestionably would have been successful": Luck¿¿¿203; "Steady, Monty.... I'm your boss": ­Meta-Decisions and Situational Factors¿¿¿205; "Fantastic" Thoughts of Berlin, "lust for glory," and Interpersonal Tension¿¿¿207; "Winc[ing]" in Recognition of Stiffened Enemy Resistance¿¿¿208; Those Photographed Tanks Must Need Servicing: Informational Interpretations¿¿¿210; The Underappreciated Alternative: Taking the Scheldt¿¿¿212; "Napoleon would no doubt have realized ... but Horrocks didn't": Informational Processes¿¿¿214; "Had the pious teetotaling Montgomery wobbled into [Allied headquarters] with a hangover, I could not have been more astonished": The Value of Surprise¿¿¿216; Choosing Among Alternatives: Was Arnhem, Indeed, a Bridge Too Far?¿¿¿218; Risk Aversion¿¿¿218; At a Crest at Brest: The ­Sunk-Cost Fallacy¿¿¿219; Concentration into "one really powerful and ­full-blooded thrust": Military Precepts Invoked¿¿¿223; Conclusions¿¿¿224
    ­Game-Theoretic Addendum to Chapter 5¿¿¿227¿¿¿Actual Strategic Choices¿¿¿231
    Chapter Notes
    Bibliography
    Index