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100		1	_aMACKSEY Kenneth
245		0	_aFrom triumph to disaster: _bthe fatal flaws of German Generalship from Moltke to Guderian
260			_aLondon: _bGreenhill Books, _c1996
300			_a240p.
520			_aIt examines the inherent flows in the German military system and its generalship focusing on the two world wars but also taking into account major preceding events such as the seven years war the Napolemic wars and the Danish, Austrian and Franco-Prussian wars. It highlights the German military's tendency to underestimate the enemy and believe its own propaganda its failure to adopt a war policy far reaching enough to sustain anything other than short wars. The immense political power wiedded by the military staff and many other factors that history has shown damage Germany's chances of success of war.
650			_aGERMANY _x GENERALSHIP
650			_aGERMANY _x ARMED FORCES
650			_aMILITARY SYSTEM
650			_aDISASTER
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