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The politics of the Prussian Army, 1640-1945 / by Gordon A. Craig.

Title
The politics of the Prussian Army, 1640-1945 / by Gordon A. Craig.
Author
Craig, Gordon Alexander, 1913-2005
Publication
London ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1964, c1955.

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Description
xx, 538 p.; 21 cm.
Series Statement
Galaxy book ; GB118
Subject
  • Prussia (Germany). Armee
  • Germany. Heer
  • Since 1871
  • Prussia (Germany) > Politics and government
  • Germany > Politics and government > 1871-
Note
  • "First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, with corrections, 1964"--T.p. verso.
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [505]-523.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction: The role of the army in German history -- The army and the state, 1640-1807 -- Reform and reaction, 1807-40 -- Frederick William IV, the army, and the Constitution, 1840-58 -- The army reform and the Constitutional conflict, 1859-66 -- War and diplomacy in the period of unification -- The state within the state, 1871-1914 -- The army and foreign policy, 1871-1914 -- Militarism and statecraft, 1914-18 -- The army and the Revolution, 1918-20 -- The 'non-political' army: Seeckt and Gessler, 1920-8 -- The army in politics: Groener and Schleicher, 1928-33 -- Hitler and the army, 1933-45.
ISBN
0195002571
OCLC
  • 8799314
  • SCSB-12144956
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library