The first soldier : Hitler as military leader /

"A leading expert reexamines history to offer a stunningly original portrait of Hitler as a competent military commander and strategist. After Germany's humiliating World War II defeat, numerous German generals published memoirs claiming that their country's brilliant military leaders...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fritz, Stephen G., 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Hitler, Adolf, > 1889-1945 > Military leadership.
Hitler, Adolf, > 1889-1945.
1933-1945
Heads of state > Germany > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Germany.
Chefs d'État > Allemagne > Biographies.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Campagnes et batailles > Allemagne.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Europe > Germany.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Military.
Command of troops.
Heads of state.
Military campaigns.
Politics and government.
Germany > Politics and government > 1933-1945.
Allemagne > Politique et gouvernement > 1933-1945.
Germany.
Biography
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Clausewitz, Hitler, and absolute war
  • Emergence of the idea
  • War in peace
  • Blitzkrieg Unleashed
  • The Blitzkrieg paradox
  • The lure of Lebensraum
  • Barbarossa: the last Blitzkrieg (June-August 1941)
  • Barbarossa: Catastrophe (September 1941-March 1942)
  • A world power or nothing at all (1942-3)
  • No victory, no piece (summer 1943-4)
  • Never again a November 1918
  • Hitler as Feldherr: an assessment.

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