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This double biography of the joint leaders of Germany's General Staff provides an account of the Great War from the German point of view and sheds light on the nation's disastrous defeat as a result of expanded military egos unchecked by civil authority. Even when Hindenburg led his troops home after the 1918 armistice, he declared that the German army had been, not beaten, but destroyed - the origin of the stab in the back concept that became Hitler's rallying cry. Both Hindenburg and Ludendorff rejected all overtures for a compromise peace, and in their different ways led their country into total war and ruin. Robert Asprey's other books include War in the Shadows , Semper Fidelis: A History of the Marines in World War II and Frederick the Great: The Magnificent Enigma .Product Identifiers
PublisherLittle, Brown & Company
ISBN-139780316906777
eBay Product ID (ePID)90674557
Product Key Features
Number of Pages560 Pages
Publication NameThe German High Command at War: Hindenburg and Ludendorff and the First World War
LanguageEnglish
SubjectGovernment, History
Publication Year1993
TypeTextbook
AuthorRobert B. Asprey
Subject AreaBiographies & True Stories
Dimensions
Item Height242 mm
Item Weight1080 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorRobert B. Asprey