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Instrument of War

The German Army 1914-18


  • Osprey (Bloomsbury)
  • Osprey Publishing
  • by Dennis Showalter
Drawing on more than a half-century of research and teaching, Dennis Showalter presents a fresh perspective on the German Army during World War I. Showalter surveys an army at the heart of a national identity, driven by - yet also defeated by - warfare in the modern age, which struggled to capitalize on its victories and ultimately forgot the lessons of its defeat.

ISBN 9781472829801 | E | PB
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Publisher Osprey (Bloomsbury) (VAST)
ISBN 9781472829801
Author(s) Dennis Showalter
Publication date June 2018
Edition Paperback
Dimensions 200 x 130 mm
Pages 368
Language(s) Eng. ed.
Exhibition Osprey Publishing
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Drawing on more than a half-century of research and teaching, Dennis Showalter presents a fresh perspective on the German Army during World War I. Showalter surveys an army at the heart of a national identity, driven by - yet also defeated by - warfare in the modern age, which struggled to capitalize on its victories and ultimately forgot the lessons of its defeat. Exploring the internal dynamics of the German Army and detailing how the soldiers coped with the many new forms of warfare, Showalter shows how the army's institutions responded to, and how Germany itself was changed by war. Detailing the major campaigns on the Western and Eastern fronts and the forgotten war fought in the Middle East and Africa, this comprehensive volume, now publishing in paperback, examines the army's operational strategy, the complexities of campaigns of movement versus static trench warfare, and the effects of changes in warfare.