A genius for war : the German army and general staff, 1807-1945 / T.N. Dupuy
1977, First Edition. London : MacDonald and Jane's. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Price-clipped. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #477456
ISBN: 0354010840
Physical description; 362 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-352) and index. 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. Subjects; Germany Heer History. Germany Heer. Prussia (Kingdom) Army History. Germany. Germany Prussia.
Price: €125.00