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When Erwin Rommel died--by forced suicide at Hitler's command--he
left behind in various ingenious hiding places the papers that
recorded the story of his dramatic career and the exact details of
his masterly campaigns. It was his custom to dictate each evening a
running narrative of the day's events and, after each battle, to
summarize its course and the lessons to be learned from it. He
wrote, almost daily, intimate and outspoken letters to his wife in
which his private feelings and--after the tide had
turned--forebodings found expression. To this is added by Rommel's
son Manfred the story of the field marshall's last weeks and the
final day when he was given the choice of an honorable suicide or
an ignominious trial for treason. An engrossing human document and
a rare look at the mind of the "Desert Fox," "The Rommel Papers"
throws an interesting light on the Axis alliance and on the inner
workings of Hitler's high command.
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Strategy (Paperback)
B.H. Liddell Hart
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This is the classic book on war as we know it. During his long
life, Basil H. Liddell Hart was considered one of the world's
foremost military thinkers--a man generally regarded as the
"Clausewitz of the 20th century."
Liddell Hart stressed movement, flexibilty, surprise. He saw
that in most military campaigns dislocation of the enemy's
psychological and physical balance is prelude to victory. This
dislocation results from a strategic indirect approach. Reflect for
a moment on the results of direct confrontation (trench war in WW
I) versus indirect dislocation (Blitzkreig in WW II). Liddell Hart
is also tonic for business and political planning: just change the
vocabulary and his concepts fit.
"The most important book by one of the outstanding military
authorities of our time." (Library Journal)
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Strategy (Hardcover)
B.H. Liddell Hart
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R832
R694
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This is the classic book on war as we know it. During his long
life, Basil H. Liddell Hart was considered one of the world's
foremost military thinkers--a man generally regarded as the
"Clausewitz of the 20th century." Liddell Hart stressed movement,
flexibilty, surprise. He saw that in most military campaigns
dislocation of the enemy's psychological and physical balance is
prelude to victory. This dislocation results from a strategic
indirect approach. Reflect for a moment on the results of direct
confrontation (trench war in WW I) versus indirect dislocation
(Blitzkreig in WW II). Liddell Hart is also tonic for business and
political planning: just change the vocabulary and his concepts
fit.
"The most important book by one of the outstanding military
authorities of our time." (Library Journal)
This is a new release of the original 1927 edition.
This is a new release of the original 1932 edition.
This is a new release of the original 1960 edition.
Liddell Hart's History of the First World War first appeared in
1930 and is widely regarded as one of the greatest, most cogent
accounts of the conflict ever published. A leading military
strategist and historian who fought on the Western Front, Liddell
Hart combines astute tactical analysis with compassion for those
who lost their lives on the battlefield. He provides a vivid and
fascinating picture of all the major campaigns, balancing
documentary evidence with the testimony of personal witnesses to
expose the mistakes that were made and why. From the political and
cultural origins of war to the twists and turns of battle, to the
critical decisions that resulted in such devastating losses and to
the impact on modern nations, this magnificent history covers four
brutal years in one volume and is a true military classic.
This is a new release of the original 1927 edition.
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FOCH THE MAN OF ORLEANS By CAPTAIN B. H. LIDDELL HART With
Illustrations BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 1932 Wide World
Photot MARSHAL FOCH Copyright, pj, 1932, BY B. H. LIDDBLL HART All
rights reserved Published February, 1932 THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS
BOOKS ARE PUBLISHED BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY IN ASSOCIATION
WITH THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY COMPANY PRINTED IN TUB UNITED STATES or
AMERICA To FOUR GOOD FRIENDS E. D. S. E. G. H. F. A. P. F. B. A.
FOR GOOD TURNS PREFACE THIS book does not pretend to be an official
biography, al though General Weygand has generously helped me in
collecting and checking facts, as well as in giving me his
impressions on certain issues. The more tribute is due to him
because he has not sought in any way to influence my judgment. As
he has refrained from imposing any conditions in return for his
aid, it is all the more just that I should make it clear that he
has no responsibility for the conclusions reached in this book. I
realize that these conclusions may impair the popular con ception
of Marshal Fochs achievement, if not of his spirit. No one will
regret such an effect more than I do. For it has been with
reluctance that I have yielded my own original con ception in face
of the facts laid bare by research into the history of the war. If
I may appear critical, I can only say that I have kept my criticism
on a tight rein while giving the facts free rein as true history
requires. Such criticisms as I make are implicit in the facts,
which cannot be burked. And I have purposely restrained criticism
because of a feeling that the indefinable effect of Fochs spirit
may have endowed his actions with more effect than the facts
convey. It is my strongest hopethat the book will in no sense be
regarded as an attack on or exposure of Foch. It certainly brings
out his too absorbing devotion to the offensive in the theory and
practice of war and the grave conse quences not only to France but
to her allies. But, this ques tion apart, the book is really an
analysis of the limitations which high command suffered under the
conditions of the World War. The effective influence of the higher
commander was thwarted by the difficulty not only of knowing the
facts of the situation but of knowing them in time to take action
which fitted them before they had changed. As for my criticism of
the offensive doctrine, it does not viii PREFACE exceed the way
Marshal Foch himself castigates that too exclusive passion for the
offensive and the useless repulses and cruel losses thereby caused
My supplement has merely been to trace Marshal Fochs own influence
in fostering that too exclusive passion which caused such useless
repulses and cruel losses not only in 1914, but later. CONTENTS
PREFACE I Two NAPOLEONS II THE STAMP OF DESTINY HI THE FOUNDATIONS
OF A FAITH IV THE PLAYTHINGS OF FATE V THE MISSION AND THE MOULD VI
Two REVOLUTIONS VII THE LAUNCHING OF THE WAR VIII THE BLIND
COLLISION IX THE MIRACLE OF THE MARNE . . . . X THE WATCHMAN OF
YPRES XI DEADLOCK XII GAS XIII BLUNTING THE SWORD OF FRANCE . . . .
XIV 1916 THE CREEPING SHADOW XV 1917 IN THE SHADOW XVI THE STORM
BREAKS XVII THE TRIALS OF FAITH XVIII THE WORST TRIAL XIX THE TURN
OF THE TIDE XX THE ROLLING BALL OR THE EBBING TIDE XXI TouT LE
MONDE A LA BATAILLE . . . XXII THE TRIUMPH OF THE VOCAL WILL . . .
. XXIII THE CLUTCH ON THE RHINE XXIV THE REFLEXIVE YEARS EPILOGUE
BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX vn 3 13 23 33 4 5067 75 100 122 148 170 179 207
234 263 292 313 330 340 363 39 407 4 28 448 459 465 ILLUSTRATIONS
MARSHAL FOCH Frontispiece FOCHS BIRTHPLACE IN TARBES 6 THE Two
FRIENDS GENERALS FOCH AND WILSON . 52 AN ALLIED CONFERENCE IN
FRANCE . . . .186 FocH ON THE FIELD 278 A CONFERENCE OF THE ALLIES
346 FOCH IN THE RAILWAY COACH AT THE SIGNING OF THE ARMISTICE 402
BATTLE FLAGS BEING ACCEPTED BY FOCH FOR PRES ERVATION IN THE HOTEL
DBS INVALIDES . . . 440 MAPS THE FRENCH AND GERMAN PLANS, AUGUST
1914 . 71 THE BATTLE OF MORHANGE, AUGUST 20, 1914 . ...
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