Instrument of War: The German Army 1914–18
Autor Professor Dennis Showalteren Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 iun 2018
Showalter surveys an army at the heart of a national identity, driven by - yet also defeated by - warfare in the modern age, which struggled to capitalize on its victories and ultimately forgot the lessons of its defeat.
Exploring the internal dynamics of the German Army and detailing how the soldiers coped with the many new forms of warfare, Showalter shows how the army's institutions responded to, and how Germany itself was changed by war.
Detailing the major campaigns on the Western and Eastern fronts and the forgotten war fought in the Middle East and Africa, this comprehensive volume examines the army's operational strategy, the complexities of campaigns of movement versus static trench warfare, and the effects of changes in warfare.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781472829801
ISBN-10: 1472829808
Pagini: 368
Ilustrații: 24pp plate section in black and white
Dimensiuni: 128 x 198 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Osprey Publishing
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1472829808
Pagini: 368
Ilustrații: 24pp plate section in black and white
Dimensiuni: 128 x 198 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Osprey Publishing
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Cuprins
Introduction and Acknowledgements
Chapter I: Portents and Preliminaries
Chapter II: Autumn of Decision
Chapter III: Reevaluating
Chapter IV: Verdun and the Somme: End of an Army
Chapter V: Reconfigurations
Chapter VI: Climax and Denouement
Coda
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Chapter I: Portents and Preliminaries
Chapter II: Autumn of Decision
Chapter III: Reevaluating
Chapter IV: Verdun and the Somme: End of an Army
Chapter V: Reconfigurations
Chapter VI: Climax and Denouement
Coda
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Recenzii
This book is classic Showalter, witty, insightful, and remarkably erudite. This is the perfect match between author and project.
Dennis Showalter does it again.America's leading historian returns to his speciality, the German army, and provides a first rate study, at once accessible and scholarly, that focuses on the strengths, resilience and eventual failure of the army during the First World War. A deft mix of the varied levels and experience of war.
Showalter has written the last word on the German military tragedy of World War I. The book is wise and deep. The German political leadership, stunted and divided by Bismarck's constitution and Kaiser Wilhelm II's frivolous interventions, failed to craft any sound strategy for the 20th century. The cloistered German army, less autonomous and powerful than imagined, focused its energies downward on operations and tactics, becoming the proverbial ostrich with its head in the sand. So good and innovative were the Germans at battle that they nearly overcame their own lack of strategy as well as the most intractable strategic obstacles: American power and British blockade. Instrument of War is vintage Showalter - deft, limpid, wry, insightful and memorable.
Dennis Showalter does it again.America's leading historian returns to his speciality, the German army, and provides a first rate study, at once accessible and scholarly, that focuses on the strengths, resilience and eventual failure of the army during the First World War. A deft mix of the varied levels and experience of war.
Showalter has written the last word on the German military tragedy of World War I. The book is wise and deep. The German political leadership, stunted and divided by Bismarck's constitution and Kaiser Wilhelm II's frivolous interventions, failed to craft any sound strategy for the 20th century. The cloistered German army, less autonomous and powerful than imagined, focused its energies downward on operations and tactics, becoming the proverbial ostrich with its head in the sand. So good and innovative were the Germans at battle that they nearly overcame their own lack of strategy as well as the most intractable strategic obstacles: American power and British blockade. Instrument of War is vintage Showalter - deft, limpid, wry, insightful and memorable.