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General Walther Reinhardt and the Creation of the Modern German Army 1914-1930
William Mulligan
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Hardcover. Civil-military relations have been a consistent theme of the history of the Weimar Republic. This study focuses on the career of General Walther Reinhardt, the last Prussian Minister of War and the First Head of the Army Command in the Weimar Republic. Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, Bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
Civil-military relations have been a consistent theme of the history of the Weimar Republic. This study focuses on the career of General Walther Reinhardt, the last Prussian Minister of War and the First Head of the Army Command in the Weimar Republic. Though less well known than his great rival, Hans von Seeckt, Reinhardt's role in forming the young Reichswehr and his writings on warfare made him one of the most important and influential military figures in interwar Germany. Contrary to the conventional view that civil-military relations were fraught from the outset, the author argues, Reinhardt's contribution to the military ... Read more
Civil-military relations have been a consistent theme of the history of the Weimar Republic. This study focuses on the career of General Walther Reinhardt, the last Prussian Minister of War and the First Head of the Army Command in the Weimar Republic. Though less well known than his great rival, Hans von Seeckt, Reinhardt's role in forming the young Reichswehr and his writings on warfare made him one of the most important and influential military figures in interwar Germany. Contrary to the conventional view that civil-military relations were fraught from the outset, the author argues, Reinhardt's contribution to the military ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Series
Monographs in German History
Condition
New
Weight
468g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Herndon, United States
ISBN
9781571819086
SKU
V9781571819086
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About William Mulligan
William Mulligan received his PhD from Cambridge University, where he was a fellow of Christ's College. He is now teaching modern German history at University College, Dublin.
Reviews for General Walther Reinhardt and the Creation of the Modern German Army 1914-1930
... the work goes sufficiently beyond conventional parameters to encourage fresh discussion ... solid use of unpublished material, combined with mastery of the secondary literature. Dennis Showalter This is a scholarly, original piece of work, which uses an impressive amount of archival material to shed light on an important individual too often largely ignored in the literature. ... Read more