Piercing the Fog of War - The Theory and Practice of Command in the British and German Armies, 1918-1940 - Martin Samuels

Anglophone and German military literature is fascinated by the Wehrmacht's command system, especially the practice of Auftragstaktik. There are many descriptions of the doctrine, and examinations of its historical origins, yet few consider the different approaches to command in the context of a fundamental characteristic of warfare - friction. This