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The Nemesis of Power. The German Army in Politics 1918-1945.
Wheeler-Bennett, Sir John Wheeler; Overy, Richard
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Paperback. Num Pages: 874 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1098.
Sir John W. Wheeler-Bennett tells the story of how the German Army, having survived the disaster of 1918, proceeded to dominate the political life of the German Republic, exercising a virtually paramount degree of power and influence by its very withdrawal from the active arena of politics: and of how, when later it was mistaken enough to play politics instead of controlling them, it began a descent which only ended in abject defeat - militarily, politically and spiritually. The author reveals the extent of the Army's responsibility for bringing the Nazi regime to power, for tolerating the infamies of that ... Read more
Sir John W. Wheeler-Bennett tells the story of how the German Army, having survived the disaster of 1918, proceeded to dominate the political life of the German Republic, exercising a virtually paramount degree of power and influence by its very withdrawal from the active arena of politics: and of how, when later it was mistaken enough to play politics instead of controlling them, it began a descent which only ended in abject defeat - militarily, politically and spiritually. The author reveals the extent of the Army's responsibility for bringing the Nazi regime to power, for tolerating the infamies of that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
874
Condition
New
Number of Pages
874
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403918123
SKU
V9781403918123
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About Wheeler-Bennett, Sir John Wheeler; Overy, Richard
SIR JOHN W. WHEELER-BENNETT died in 1975. He was Historical Adviser to the Royal Archives, Fellow of St. Antony's College, Oxford, UK and Visiting Lecturer at the University of Arizona. He wrote biographies of King George VI, Hindenburg and Viscount Waverley and several works on Modern German history. His three-volume autobiography is published under the titles Knaves, Fools and Heroes: ... Read more
Reviews for The Nemesis of Power. The German Army in Politics 1918-1945.
'It is, by its very detail, a fascinating book, and by its scope a majestic book and by its scholarship an illuminating book.' - Hugh Trevor-Roper, Sunday Times 'No-one...can rise from The Nemesis of Power without a keen sense of the stature, quality and equipment of [Sir John] Wheeler-Bennett as a contemporary historian.' - Lord Longford, Catholic ... Read more