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Brilliant and bellicose book on the divine nature of warfare and the proper place of Germany in the modern world by a leading Prussian militarist. Bernhardi viewed war as "a biological necessity" based upon "the natural law ... the law of the struggle for existence." Originally p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bernhardi, Friedrich von, 1849-1930
Other Authors: Powles, Allen H. (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Longmans, Green, and Co., 1914.
Edition:Authorized ed.
Subjects:
Germany. > Heer.
Germany. > Kriegsmarine.
Germany > Foreign relations.
Imaginary wars and battles.
Allemagne > Relations extérieures.
Guerres et batailles imaginaires.
Diplomatic relations.
Germany.
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Summary:Brilliant and bellicose book on the divine nature of warfare and the proper place of Germany in the modern world by a leading Prussian militarist. Bernhardi viewed war as "a biological necessity" based upon "the natural law ... the law of the struggle for existence." Originally published in 1911, the book influenced German military thinking in both World War I and World War II.
Physical Description:288 pages ; 20 cm