Militaire misstappen van de Nederlandse Leeuw: een vergelijkende analyse van oorlogsplannen en oorlogvoering in Nederland en Nederlands-Indië, 1825-1950

This is a book about failing military operations on the battlefield, that is to say the non-fulfilment of assignments of military units. The problem reads as follows: which aspects of synergy, freedom of action and appropriate acting had been neglected by the military management through which their units failed in the execution of their mission. In six case studies land operations of both armies of the Netherlands and the former Netherlands Indies have been examined. The selected period 1825-1950 covers the process of transformation between the Napolenoic warfare of encirclement and flanking and the modern instrumentalized warfare of 'pushing buttons'. Zie: Summary