The German High Command at War by Robert B Asprey
This double biography of the joint leaders of Germany's General Staff provides an account of the Great War from the German point of view and sheds light on the nation's disastrous defeat as a result of expanded military egos unchecked by civil authority. Even when Hindenburg led his troops home after the 1918 armistice, he declared that the German army had been, not beaten, but destroyed - the origin of the stab in the back concept that became Hitler's rallying cry. Both Hindenburg and Ludendorff rejected all overtures for a compromise peace, and in their different ways led their country into total war and ruin. Robert Asprey's other books include War in the Shadows, Semper Fidelis: A History of the Marines in World War II and Frederick the Great: The Magnificent Enigma.
Robert B Asprey was a former US Marine Corps captain, a Fulbright scholar and a veteran writer of military history whose works are highly respected throughout the world. He died in 2009.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780316906777 |
| ISBN 10 | 0316906778 |
| Title | The German High Command at War |
| Author | Robert B Asprey |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown & Company |
| Year published | 1993-11-25 |
| Number of pages | 560 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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