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Absolute Destruction: Military Culture and the Practices of War in Imperial Germany

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Description for Absolute Destruction: Military Culture and the Practices of War in Imperial Germany Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJC; HBJD; HBLW; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 171 x 23. Weight in Grams: 632.
In a book that is at once a major contribution to modern European history and a cautionary tale for today, Isabel V. Hull argues that the routines and practices of the Imperial German Army, unchecked by effective civilian institutions, increasingly sought the absolute destruction of its enemies as the only guarantee of the nation's security. So deeply embedded were the assumptions and procedures of this distinctively German military culture that the Army, in its drive to annihilate the enemy military, did not shrink from the utter destruction of civilian property and lives. Carried to its extreme, the logic of ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
642g
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801472930
SKU
V9780801472930
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About Isabel V. Hull
Isabel V. Hull is John Stambaugh Professor of History at Cornell University. She is the author of Absolute Destruction and Sexuality, State and Civil Society in Germany, 1700-1815, both from Cornell.

Reviews for Absolute Destruction: Military Culture and the Practices of War in Imperial Germany
This brilliant and conceptually innovative book examines the organizational culture and military practices of the Prusso-German army between victory in 1870 and defeat in 1918. Isabel V. Hull subtly analyzes the cumulative internal pressures on the army to resort to the use of extreme violence in facing its military challenges. She finds that the weakness of external constraints (such as ... Read more

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