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Delbrück´s Modern Military History
Hans Delbrück
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Description for Delbrück´s Modern Military History
Paperback. Reveals the tension between Hans Delbruck's patriotism and his scholarship, which helped him to recognize German military failings. This book features his twenty-four readings, comprising letters written to his mother while he served in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and essays, reviews, commentaries, and speeches on military figures, and more. Editor(s): Bucholz, Arden. Translator(s): Bucholz, Arden. Num Pages: 244 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBW; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
The period 1866–1920 saw the rise and ruin of imperial Germany, and Hans Delbrück (1848–1929) reported on the events of those years from a uniquely privileged position. A professor of history at the University of Berlin, editor of the Prussian Annals—the most famous journal of political commentary of his day—and a delegate to the Paris Peace Conference, he also moved among political, cultural, and military elites. Delbrück pioneered the techniques of modern military history, studying tactics and technology as well as the social, political, and economic context of military operations. His four-volume History of the Art of War is a ... Read more
The period 1866–1920 saw the rise and ruin of imperial Germany, and Hans Delbrück (1848–1929) reported on the events of those years from a uniquely privileged position. A professor of history at the University of Berlin, editor of the Prussian Annals—the most famous journal of political commentary of his day—and a delegate to the Paris Peace Conference, he also moved among political, cultural, and military elites. Delbrück pioneered the techniques of modern military history, studying tactics and technology as well as the social, political, and economic context of military operations. His four-volume History of the Art of War is a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803266537
SKU
V9780803266537
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About Hans Delbrück
Arden Bucholz is State University of New York Board of Trustees and Distinguished Professor of History at SUNY Brockport and the author of Hans Delbrück and the German Military Establishment; Moltke, Schlieffen and Prussian War Planning and Moltke and the German Wars, 1864–1871.
Reviews for Delbrück´s Modern Military History
"Bucholz arguably is the world's leading expert on Delbruck. This book will serve all students of military history."-Holger Herwig, author of Wolfgang Wegener: The Naval Strategy of World War I
Holger Herwig "Arden Bucholz has done us a good service with this accessible and affordable volume... this is a useful book."-British Army Review British Army Review
Holger Herwig "Arden Bucholz has done us a good service with this accessible and affordable volume... this is a useful book."-British Army Review British Army Review