Inventing The Schlieffen Plan

Zusatztext All the older literature now needs to be revised in the light of Zuber Klappentext The existence of the Schlieffen plan has been one of the basic assumptions of twentieth-century military history. It was the perfect example of the evils of German militarism: aggressive, mechanical, disdainful of politics and of public morality. The Great War began in August 1914 allegedly because the Schlieffen plan forced the German government to transform a Balkan quarrel into a World War by attacking France. And, in the end, the Schlieffen plan failed at the battle of the Marne. Yet it has always been recognized that the Schlieffen plan included inconsistencies which have never been satisfactorily explained. On the basis of newly discovered documents from German archives, Terence Zuber presents a radically different picture of German war planning between 1871 and 1914, and concludes that, in fact, there never really was a Schlieffen plan'. Zusammenfassung The Schlieffen plan, one of the basic assumptions of 20th-century military history, was the perfect example of the evils of German militarism: aggressive, mechanical, disdainful of politics and of public morality. Terence Zuber challenges this orthodox view and concludes that, in fact, there never really was a 'Schlieffen plan'. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Inventing the Schlieffen plan 2: Moltke's Ostaufmarsch, 1871-1886 3: Fortresses, spies, and crisis, 1886-1890 4: Schlieffen's war plan, 1891-1905 5: Moltke's war plan, 1906-1914 6: Excuses and accusations

Product details

• Authors: Terence Zuber, Zuber Terence
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2002
• EAN: 9780199250165
• ISBN: 978-0-19-925016-5
• No. of pages: 356
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, Germany, First World War, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Military tactics, Military and defence strategy, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I