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1 online resource (xiv, 145 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
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Military profiles |
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Military profiles.
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Guderian's Youth and Early Military Career, 1888-1914 -- Guderian and the Great War, 1914-1918 -- From Kaiserheer to Reichswehr, 1919-1929 -- Guderian and the 1930s Evolution of German Armor -- Guderian Goes to War, 1939-1940 -- Guderian and Operation Barbarossa, 1941 -- Inspector General of Armored Troops, 1943-1944 -- Guderian and the 20 July 1944 Conspiracy -- Guderian as Acting Chief of the General Staff, 1944-1945 -- Guderian's Fate and Legacy |
| Summary |
"Lionized as the father of the German armor forces and brilliant practitioner of blitzkrieg maneuver warfare during World War II, Guderian created this legend with Panzer Leader, his own highly influential yet self-serving and distorted memoir. While it remains one of the most widely read accounts of World War II, Russell A. Hart argues that too many of Guderian's biographers have accepted his view of his accomplishments at face value, without sufficient critical scrutiny. Unfortunately, an undeserved hagiography has resulted." "While undoubtedly a great military figure of appreciable ego and ambition and with a volatile, impetuous, and difficult personality, Guderian was determined to achieve his vision of a war-winning armored force irrespective of the consequences. He proved to be a man who was politically naive enough to fall under the sway of Hitler and National Socialism and yet arrogant enough to believe he could save Germany from inevitable defeat late in the war, despite Hitler's interference. At the same time, Guderian failed either to participate in attempts to remove Hitler or to denounce as traitors the conspirators who did. In the end, he twisted the truth to establish his place in history. In the process, he denigrated the myriad important contributions of his fellow officers as he took personal credit for what were, in reality, collective accomplishments. Thus, he succeeded in creating a legend that has endured long after his death. This brief biography puts the record straight by placing Guderian's career and accomplishments into sharper and more accurate relief. It exposes the real Heinz Guderian, not the man of legend."--Jacket |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-136) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Guderian, Heinz, 1888-1954.
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Guderian, Heinz, 1888-1954
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Guderian, Heinz, 1888-1954 fast |
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Guderian, Heinz. swd |
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Germany. Heer -- Biography
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Germany. Heer -- Armored troops -- History
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Germany. Heer fast |
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Generals -- Germany -- Biography
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Tank warfare.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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Armored troops
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Generals
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Tank warfare
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Germany
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781597974530 |
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1597974536 |
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