Imperial Germany and war, 1871-1918 / Daniel J. Hughes and Richard L. DiNardo.

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"An in-depth, finely detailed portrait of the German Army from its greatest victory in 1871 to its final collapse in 1918, this volume offers the most comprehensive account ever given of one of the critical pillars of the German Empire--and a chief architect of the military and political realities o...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Modern war studies.
Main Authors: Hughes, Daniel J., 1946- (Author)
DiNardo, R. L. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2018]
Series:Modern war studies.
Subjects:
Germany. > Heer > History.
Germany. > Heer > Organization.
Germany. > Heer.
Germany > Politics and government > 1871-1918.
Germany > History, Military > 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 > Germany.
HISTORY / Military / World War I.
HISTORY / Europe / Germany.
HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century.
Armies > Organization.
Politics and government.
Germany.
Kriegführung.
Militär.
Militärpolitik.
Deutschland.
1871-1999
History.
Military history.
Genre:
History.
Military history.
Physical Description:xiii, 681 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The Mid-Nineteenth-Century Foundations
  • The Prussian Theory of War from Clausewitz to Moltke
  • Institutional Developments, 1871-1914
  • German Theory and Doctrine to 1914
  • The Schlieffen Era: Strategic Planning, 1890-1905
  • German Strategic Planning, 1906-1914
  • The Test of 1914
  • Adjusting to the Demands of Prolonged War
  • The Third OHL: Strategic and Tactical Change, 1917-1918
  • The Final Test, 1918.