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The Kaiser's Army: The Politics of Military Technology in Germany during the Machine Age, 1870-1918

By Eric Dorn Brose

Book information

Year
2001
ISBN
9780195143355, 9780195179453, 9781423761952, 0195143353, 0195179455
Open Library ID
OL7391429M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4621134 bytes)
Pages
336\322
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This volume covers a fascinating period in the history of the German army, a time in which machine guns, airplanes, and weapons of mass destruction were first developed and used. Eric Brose traces the industrial development of machinery and its application to infantry, cavalry, and artillery tactics. He examines the modernity versus anti-modernity debate that raged after the Franco-Prussian war, arguing that the residue of years of resistance to technological change seriously undermined the German army during World War I.

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