NEW BOOK

[The Prussian]

Please have a look! This book probably will be published in november 2013!

Buchholz, Frank / Robinson, Janet / Robinson, Joe

“The Great War Dawning”

The imperial German army in 1914 was not the juggernaut that many

presumed; rather, it was a force mired in tradition that had developed

many structural weaknesses. Most English-language histories of the

Great War’s battles are based on British sources; the authors of this

book based their analyses on many original German sources. With an

extensive bibliography that includes German language sources (many

unpublished), the reader is presented with a different view of the

starting phase of the conflict.

This will become the seminal English language book on the German army

as it entered World War I. This treatise explains the social, political, and

economic structure of the country as it relates to the German military.

It is the only English-language source that fully explains the German

army—both active and reserve forces coupled with their training and

doctrine. More importantly, this book discusses the structural issues

in the German army that led directly to its failure at the Battle of the

Marne. Specifically, l eadership issues, logistical issues, and the misuse

of cavalry created significant fissures that could have been corrected

before the war.

This is a different view of the Great War than the well-known Guns of

August published in 1962. The Great War Dawning presents a detailed look

at the structures, organizational details and deci sion-making processes of the

German army together with a critical look at the doctrine of the time and how

leadership’s failure to overhaul outmoded methods led to the downfall of

imperial Germany’s plans in 1914. This book is a must-read to anybody

interested in military history.

Verlag Militaria, Wien, ISBN 978-3-902526-65-6

69,95 USD, bzw. 59,95 EUR.

[Fred van Woerkom]

Prussian,

Sounds interesting.

How many pages?

Cheers,

Fred

[The Prussian]

Hi Fred!

The books has 560 pages and 80 picture pages.

[The Prussian]

You can order it here:

http://www.militaria.at/Book.aspx?book=2277660&Language=de