Germany and the Next War

Germany and the Next War

Author: Friedrich von Bernhardi

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-11-20

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13:

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The content of this book is both unpleasant and fascinating at the same time. The views put forward by the author in the period just before the outbreak of WW1 are abhorrent to most people now but Bernhardi had not lived through a world war. Nonetheless, he sees war as 'A biological necessity' for a country's advancement.


State, Society and Mobilization in Europe during the First World War

State, Society and Mobilization in Europe during the First World War

Author: John Horne

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1997-07-03

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 9780521561129

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This is a volume of comparative essays on the First World War that focuses on one central feature: the political and cultural "mobilization" of the populations of the main belligerent countries in Europe behind the war. It explores how and why they supported the war for so long (as soldiers and civilians), why that support weakened in the face of the devastation of trench warfare, and why states with a stronger degree of political support and national integration (such as Britain and France) were ultimately successful.


The German Diplomatic Service, 1871-1914

The German Diplomatic Service, 1871-1914

Author: Lamar Cecil

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2015-03-08

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 1400867703

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In this investigation of the German foreign office from 1871 to 1914, Lamar Cecil focuses on the people who conceived and executed German diplomacy rather than on diplomatic policies and stratagems. The author analyzes the men and their careers, isolating the characteristics common to the diplomats, the reasons for their selection, and the effect on their careers of various considerations of background, personality, and circumstance. His findings are based in part on the papers of Prince Bismarck and his family. The first part of the book discusses the criteria employed in choosing applicants and promoting senior diplomats. The structure of the foreign office and the conditions of entry are examined in detail, as is the association of the novice and more experienced individuals with the military element, which after 1871 found increasing accommodation in all ranks of the diplomatic establishment. The second part considers the problems with sovereigns, chancellors, and other bureaucrats encountered by members of the diplomatic service. Originally published in 1976. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.


The First World War as a Clash of Cultures

The First World War as a Clash of Cultures

Author: Frederick George Thomas Bridgham

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 1571133402

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Contains essays examining the perceived tensions between British and German cultural traditions and beliefs before 1914 and how popular literature, public debate, cultural distinction, and war-time propaganda determined historical, political, and military events leading to war.


Germany and the Modern World, 1880–1914

Germany and the Modern World, 1880–1914

Author: Mark Hewitson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-07-05

Total Pages: 533

ISBN-13: 1107039150

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Re-assesses Germany's relationship with the wider world before 1914 by examining the connections between nationalism, transnationalism, imperialism and globalization.


Germany's Aims in the First World War

Germany's Aims in the First World War

Author: Fritz Fischer

Publisher: New York : W. W. Norton

Published: 1967

Total Pages: 728

ISBN-13:

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This professor's great work is possibly the most important book of any sort, probably the most important historical book, certainly the most controversial book to come out of Germany since the war. It had already forced the revision of widely held views in Germany's responsibility for beginning and continuing World War 1, and of supposed divergence of aim between business and the military on one side and labor and intellectuals on the other.


Joint Operational Warfare

Joint Operational Warfare

Author: Milan N. Vego

Publisher: Government Printing Office

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 1496

ISBN-13: 9781884733628

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Smallholder farmers and pastoralists fulfil an invaluable yet undervalued role in conserving biodiversity. They act as guardians of locally adapted livestock breeds that can make use of even marginal environments under tough climatic conditions and therefore are a crucial resource for food security. But in addition, by sustaining animals on natural vegetation and as part of local ecosystems, these communities also make a significant contribution to the conservation of wild biodiversity and of cultural landscapes. This publication provides a glimpse into the often intricate knowledge systems that pastoralists and smallholder farmers have developed for the management of their breeds in specific production systems and it also describes the multitude of threats and challenges these often marginalized communities have to cope with.


Realpolitik

Realpolitik

Author: John Bew

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 0199331936

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A concise book on Realpolitik: its origins as an idea; its practical application to statecraft in the recent past; and its relevance to contemporary foreign policy.