Cross of Iron - Couverture rigide

Mosier, John

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0805075771 ISBN 13 : 9780805075779

Editeur : Henry Holt & Company Inc, 2006

Synopsis

Acclaimed for his revisionist history of the German Army in World War I, John Mosier continues his pioneering work in "Cross of Iron", offering an intimate portrait of the twentieth-century German army from its inception, through World War I and the interwar years, to World War II and its climax in 1945. World War I has inspired a vast mythology of bravery and carnage, told largely by the victors, that has fascinated readers for decades. Many have come to believe that the fast ascendancy of the Allied army, matched by the failure of a German army shackled by its rigidity, led to the war's outcome. Mosier demystifies the strategic and tactical realities to explain that it was Germany's military culture that provided it with the advantage in the first war. Likewise, "Cross of Iron" offers stunning revelations regarding the weapons of World War II, forcing a re-evaluation of the reasons behind the French withdrawal, the Russian contribution, and Hitler as military thinker. Mosier lays to rest the notion that the army, as opposed to the SS, fought a clean and traditional war. Finally, he demonstrates how the German war machine succeeded against more powerful Allied armies until, in both wars, it was crushed by U.S. intervention. The result of thirty years of primary research, "Cross of Iron" is a powerful and authoritative reinterpretation of Germany at war.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Building on his controversial history of the German Army in the Great War, US historian John Mosier again offers an argument that attempts to overturn many of our received assumptions about the course of the Second World War. In his previous book, Mosier argued that the German army outfought Britain, France and Russia in the Great War - and only succumbed when the US Army rode to the rescue of the Allies. He repeats that argument in this book - claiming that the Wehrmacht roundly defeated France, Britain and Russia - until once more the Americans outfought them. A book that will make many see red - and even reach for their revolvers - to be refuted Mosier must be read!

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Henry Holt & Company Inc
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0805075771
• ISBN 13: 9780805075779
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible