From Triumph to Disaster; The Fatal Flaws of German Generalship from Moltke to Guderian

Macksey, Kenneth

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Langue : anglais

Edité par Greenhill Books and Stackpole Books, London, Mechanicsburg (PA), 1996

1853672440 / 9781853672446

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240 pages. List of Illustrations. The Principal German Leaders. Maps and Charts. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index. Based on British spelling, assumed to be the U. K. first edition. A title which investigates how German armed forces have been forced from the brink of victory to defeat on two occasions during the century. Examines what Macksey sees as the inherent flaws in the German military system, as well as taking into account major preceding events and contributory factors. Kenneth John Macksey MC (1 July 1923 - 30 November 2005) was a British author and historian who specialized in military history and military biography, particularly of the Second World War. Macksey was commissioned in 1944. He served during the rest of Second World War in the 79th Armoured Division under the command of Percy Hobart, earning a Military Cross; he later wrote a biography of Hobart. Macksey gained a permanent commission in 1946, transferred to the Royal Tank Regiment in 1947, reached the rank of major in 1957 and retired from the Army in 1968. Macksey wrote a volume of alternate history entitled Invasion, which dealt with a successful invasion of England by Germany in 1940. He also wrote the novel First Clash that describes a NATO-Warsaw Pact clash in the late 1980s. First Clash was written under contract to the Canadian Forces and focuses on the Canadian role in such a conflict. Macksey also edited The Hitler Options, the first volume of a series of "alternate decisions" alternate history anthologies from Greenhill Books, in 1995. An examination of the inherent flaws in the German military system and its leadership from Moltke to Guderian. The author focuses on WWI and WWII but also takes into account the Seven Years' War, the Napoleonic Wars, and the Danish, Austrian and Franco-Prussian Wars. Macksey highlights the German Military's tendency to underestimate the enemy and believe its own propaganda. Among the individuals discussed are: Moltke, Guderian, Hindenberg, Ludendorff, Seeckt, Barbarossa, Scharnhorst, Clausewitz, Blomberg, Brauchitsch, Kesselring, Rommel, Jodl, Raeder, Keitel, Goring,Groner, Milch, Rundstedt, von Kluge, Zeitzer, and Manstein.

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Titre
From Triumph to Disaster; The Fatal Flaws of German Generalship from Moltke to Guderian
Auteur
Macksey, Kenneth
Éditeur
Greenhill Books and Stackpole Books, London, Mechanicsburg (PA)
Année de publication
1996
État de l'article
Very good
Jaquette
Very good
Reliure
Hardcover
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
1853672440
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9781853672446
Édition
Presumed First Edition, First printing.
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