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Author Wheeler-Bennett, John Wheeler, Sir, 1902-1975.

Title The nemesis of power : the German Army in politics, 1918-1945 / John W. Wheeler-Bennett ; with a new introduction by Richard Overy
Edition Second edition
Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005

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 W'PONDS  355.033243 Whe/Nop 2003  AVAILABLE
 MELB  355.033243 Whe/Nop 2003  AVAILABLE
Description xxxiii, 829 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Contents Pt. I. The army and the Reich, 1918-1926 -- 1. From spa to Kapp -- 2. The Seeckt period -- Pt. II. The army and Hitler, 1920-1933 -- 1. Courtship, honeymoon and separation -- 2. The Schleicher period -- Pt. III. Hitler and the army, 1933-1945 -- 1. From the seizure of power to the death of Hindenburg -- 2. From the death of Hindenburg to the Fritsch crisis -- 3. From the Fritsch crisis to the outbreak of war -- 4. Victory in the east and 'phoney war' -- 5. From the blitzkrieg to Stalingrad -- 6. From Stalingrad to Normandy -- 7. July 20, 1944 -- App. A. Text of draft basic law proposed by Popitz, Jessen and von Hassell in 1942 -- App. B. Documents of the 'Free Germany' Committee in Moscow, 1943 -- App. C. Documents of the Putsch of July 20, 1944 -- App. D. List of victims of July 20, 1944 -- App. E. Tables to illustrate organization of the German high command, 1919-1945
Notes Originally published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Macmillan, 1953
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 767-779) and index
Subject Germany. Heer.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany.
Militarism -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
SUBJECT Germany -- Politics and government -- 1918-1933. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054639
Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054640
Author Overy, R. J.
LC no. 2003060861
ISBN 1403918120 paperback