The German Way of War: From the Thirty Years' War to the Third Reich

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University Press of Kansas, 2005 - 428 trang
For Frederick the Great, the prescription for warfare was simple: kurz und vives (short and lively) - wars that relied upon swift, powerful, and decisive military operations. Robert Citino takes us on a dramatic march through Prussian and German military history to show how that primal theme played out time and time again. Citino focuses on operational warfare to demonstrate continuity in German military campaigns from the time of Elector Frederick Wilhelm and his great sleigh-drive against the Swedes to the age of Adolf Hitler and the blitzkrieg to the gates of Moscow. Along the way, he underscores the role played by the Prussian army in elevating a small, vulnerable state to the ranks of the European powers, describes how nineteenth-century victories over Austria and France made the German army the most respected in Europe, and reviews the lessons learned from the trenches of World War I.

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The Great Elector and the Origins of Prussian War Making
1
The Origins of Frederician Warfare
34
Frederick in the Seven Years War
63
The Prussian Army in
104
Innovation and Tradition
142
From Schlieffen to World War I
191
From Versailles to Case White
238
The Culmination Point
268
The German Way of
306
Notes
313
Works Cited
375
Index
403
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Robert M. Citino is professor of history at Eastern Michigan University.

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