"Bucholz arguably is the world's leading expert on Delbruck. This book will serve all students of military history." - Holger Herwig, author of "Wolfgang Wegener: The Naval Strategy of World War I". The period 1866-1920 saw the rise and ruin of imperial Germany, and Hans Delbruck (1848-1929) reported on the events of those years from a uniquely privileged position. A professor of history at the University of Berlin, editor of the "Prussian Annals" - the most famous journal of political commentary of his day - and a delegate to the Paris Peace Conference, he also moved among political, cultural, and military elites. Delbruck pioneered the techniques of modern military history, studying tactics and technology as well as the social, political, and economic contexts in which a military operates. His four-volume, "History of the Art of War" has long been established as a classic of German history. This volume reveals the tension between Delbruck's patriotism and his scholarship, which helped him to recognize German military failings.
The twenty-four readings, comprising letters written to his mother while he served in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and essays, reviews, commentaries, and speeches on military figures, historians, and events through World War I, show his talents as a historian and political commentator. Arden Bucholz's introduction and headnotes explain the context of Delbruck's life and work. Arden Bucholz is a professor of history at the State University of New York, College at Brockport, and the author of "Hans Delbruck and the German Military Establishment: War Images in Conflict".
- ISBN10 080321698X
- ISBN13 9780803216983
- Publish Date 1 August 1997
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 11 July 2009
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Nebraska Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 244
- Language English