The first soldier : Hitler as military leader / Stephen G. Fritz.
The first soldier : Hitler as military leader / Stephen G. Fritz.
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2018]
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G 2018/6828
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Language
English
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Physical content
xvi, 459 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Clausewitz, Hitler, and absolute war -- Emergence of the idea -- War in peace -- Blitzkrieg Unleashed -- The Blitzkrieg paradox -- The lure of Lebensraum -- Barbarossa: the last Blitzkrieg (June-August 1941) -- Barbarossa: Catastrophe (September 1941-March 1942) -- A world power or nothing at all (1...
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2018]
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
[2018]
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Summary
"After Germany's humiliating World War II defeat, numerous German generals published memoirs claiming that their country's brilliant military leadership had been undermined by the Führer's erratic decision making. The author of three highly acclaimed books on the era, Stephen Fritz upends this characterization of Hitler as an ill-informed fantasis...
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The first soldier : Hitler as military leader / Stephen G. Fritz.
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Hitler as military leader
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [410]-436) and index.
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©2018
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G 2018/6828
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74VKVbZzqQDO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVbZzqQDO
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ISBN
0300205988 (hardcover)
9780300205985 (hardcover)
DDC
940.541343
MMS ID
991024200804502626
