| Description |
xiii,362 pages,24 unnumbered pages of plates : maps, plans, portraits ; 24cm |
| Contents |
Riddle of 1944 -- Frederick the Great & and the Prussian Army -- Reformeres & and their new army -- Reform and reaction -- Institutionalizing military excellence -- Prussian Army & the general staff : mid century -- Moltke takes command -- The General staff: the Franco-Prussian War -- Avoiding the nemesis in warfare -- The Schlieffen Plan: failure in perfection -- Trenches barbed wire & defeat -- Picking up the pieces: Groener, Seeckt & and the General staff -- Clandestine recovery: the Seecki ersa -- Into the Nazi abyss -- Victories and defeat -- Less than supermen -- The institution of excellence -- Some implications -- Appendices: The political & military leadership of Prussia-Germany, 1808-1945 -- German performance in World War I -- A defense of Schleicher -- German performance in World War II -- Halder the enigma |
| Analysis |
Germany // Heer // Generalstab History |
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Germany History, Military 19th century |
| Notes |
'A T.N. Dupuy Associates book' |
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Also published: Englewood Cliffs : Prentice-Hall, 1977 |
| Bibliography |
Bibl.: pages 347-352. - Index |
| Subject |
Germany. Heer -- History.
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Germany. Heer. Generalstab -- History.
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Prussia (Germany). Army. -- History
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Prussia (Kingdom). Armee -- History.
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Prussia (Germany). Armee -- History.
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| SUBJECT |
Germany -- History, Military -- 19th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054603
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Germany -- History, Military -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054604
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| LC no. |
isb35401084 |
| ISBN |
0354010840 |
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