The first Nazi : Erich Ludendorff, the man who made Hitler possible / Will Brownell, Ph.D., and Denise Drace-Brownwell, JD, MPH ; with Alexander Rovt, Ph.D.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brownell, Will, author.

Drace-Brownwell, Denise, author.

Rovt, Alexander, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ludendorff, Erich, 1865-1937.

Ludendorff, Erich.

Germany. Heer--Biography.

Germany.

Germany. Heer.

Generals--Germany--Biography.

Generals.

Armies.

World War, 1914-1918--Germany--Biography.

World War, 1914-1918.

Germany--Politics and government--1918-1933.

Politics and government.

Armies--Germany--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

277 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint, [2016]

Summary:

"The man who lost World War I, went insane, blamed the Jews for his follies, then went on to sponsor Hitler and pave the way to World War II." --- From dust jacket.

"In a biography of one of the least-known important military individuals of the last century, the life of General Erich Ludendorff, a savage man who was one of the top two German generals of World War I-- and who is known for, in 1918, a rabid slaughter known as 'The Ludendorff Offensive'-- is examined"-- NoveList.

Contents:

The death of an assassin

Ludendorff begins his war

Ludendorff makes war against the Russians

Ludendorff's road to power

Ludendorff attacks in 1916

Ludendorff begins his five great campaigns

Ludendorff sends Lenin to shut down the Russian front

Ludendorff fights Lenin

Ludendorff attacks in the West to win before the Americans arrive

Ludendorff loses the World War and blames the Jews

Ludendorff moves to murder the Jews and fight a new war

Ludendorff and his work

Timeline of the Great War.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-264) and index.

ISBN:

9781619026094 :

1619026090

OCLC:

913304883