On a Knife Edge
How Germany Lost the First World War
Was the outcome of the First World War on a knife edge? In this major new account of German wartime politics and strategy Holger Afflerbach argues that the outcome of the war was actually in the balance until relatively late in the war. Using new evidence from diaries, letters and memoirs, he fundamentally revises our understanding of German strategy from the decision to go to war and the failure of the western offensive to the radicalisation of Germany's war effort under Hindenburg and Ludendorff and the ultimate collapse of the Central Powers. He uncovers the struggles in wartime Germany between supporters of peace and hardliners who wanted to fight to the finish. He suggests that Germany was not nearly as committed to all-out conquest as previous accounts argue. Numerous German peace advances could have offered the opportunity to end the war before it dragged Europe into the abyss.
"This is a translated publication of Auf Messers Schneide: Wie das Deutsche Reich den Ersten Weltkrieg verlor, written in German by Holger Afflerbach and published by C.H. Beck in 2018 (ISBN 9783406719691)."
| Autor: | Afflerbach Holger |
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| ISBN: | 9781108965866 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Cambridge Academic |
| Veröffentlicht: | 18.07.2024 |
| Untertitel: | How Germany Lost the First World War |
| Schlagworte: | 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 European History First World War Germany HISTORY / Military / General Land forces & warfare Land forces and warfare War & defence operations War and defence operations c 1910 to c 1919 c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period) c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1) |
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