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The Kaiser's army : the politics of military technology in Germany during the Machine Age, 1870-1918 / Eric Dorn Brose.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brose, Eric Dorn, 1948- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Germany. Heer--History--19th century.
- Germany.
- Germany. Heer--History--20th century.
- Military art and science--Technological innovations.
- Military art and science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (327 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume covers a fascinating period in the history of the German army, a time in which machine guns, airplanes, and weapons of mass destruction were first developed and used. Eric Brose traces the industrial development of machinery and its application to infantry, cavalry, and artillery tactics.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Old Soldiers
- 2. Queen of the Battlefield
- 3. Between Persistence and Change
- 4. The Plans of Schlieffen
- 5. Past and Present Collide
- 6. No Frederick the Great
- 7. Toward the Great War
- 8. Rolling the Iron Dice
- 9. Denouement
- Notes
- Bibliography and Abbreviations
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [293]-303) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBook Central, viewed February 7, 2025).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-992406-6
- 9786612366963
- 0-19-803273-0
- 1-60256-547-3
- 0-19-514335-3
- 1-282-36696-3
- 0-19-534629-7
- OCLC:
- 476013773
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