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Description for Tirpitz
hardcover. Alfred von Tirpitz (1849-1930), who joined the Prussian Navy in 1865 as a midshipman, was chiefly responsible for rapidly developing and enlarging the German Navy, especially the High Seas Fleet, from 1897 until the years immediately prior to the First World War. Num Pages: 136 pages, 15 b&w photos, maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 249.
Alfred von Tirpitz (1849–1930), who joined the Prussian Navy in 1865 as a midshipman, was chiefly responsible for rapidly developing and enlarging the German Navy, especially the High Seas Fleet, from 1897 until the years immediately prior to the First World War. Epkenhans uses newly discovered documents to provide a fresh treatment of this important naval leader.
In 1897, Tirpitz became the Secretary of State of the Imperial Navy Department. In four major building acts of 1898, 1900, 1908, and 1912, and, in working closely with Kaiser Wilhelm II, Tirpitz expanded the Imperial Navy from a small coastal ... Read more
Alfred von Tirpitz (1849–1930), who joined the Prussian Navy in 1865 as a midshipman, was chiefly responsible for rapidly developing and enlarging the German Navy, especially the High Seas Fleet, from 1897 until the years immediately prior to the First World War. Epkenhans uses newly discovered documents to provide a fresh treatment of this important naval leader.
In 1897, Tirpitz became the Secretary of State of the Imperial Navy Department. In four major building acts of 1898, 1900, 1908, and 1912, and, in working closely with Kaiser Wilhelm II, Tirpitz expanded the Imperial Navy from a small coastal ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
Dulles, United States
ISBN
9781574884449
SKU
V9781574884449
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Michael Epkenhans
Michael Epkenhans, PH.D., is director of the Otto Von Bismarck Foundation, in Hamburg, Germany. He is the author of several works on the Imperial Germany Navy, including Die wilhelminische Flottenrüstung, 1908-1914: Weltmachtstreben, industrieller Fortschritt, soziale Integration [The Wilhelminian Fleet Buildup, 1908- 1914: The Drive for World Power, Industrial Progress, Social Integration] and a forthcoming full-length biography of Tirpitz. He lives ... Read more
Reviews for Tirpitz
“In building the High Seas Fleet that challenged Britain’s Royal Navy, Tirpitz sought greater freedom and glory for Germany. Yet his strategic mirror-imaging reflected his own failings. His fleet bottled and then scuttled, Tirpitz escaped into Rightist fantasy. Epkenhans offers a devastating portrait of a life’s work gone wrong, one deserving of careful scrutiny by today’s military and strategists.”—William Astore, ... Read more