Overview
Steven Clemente describes how conservative traditions and artistocratic values were preserved in the selection and training of German army officers prior to World War I despite changing times and the influx of many middle-class recruits into the army. He demonstrates how right thinking and service to the King and the Kaiser were the basis for Prussian officer education in the period from 1860 to 1914. The history provides considerable detail about German secondary school education, the selection of officers, the curriculum, and life in the cadet and war schools, the life of a subaltern, and the education of the Prussian War Academy. The book concludes with an analysis of the attitudes and loyalties of the officers that entered World War I. Students of European history and military affairs will find this study one that raises a number of provocative questions about German performance in World War I and in subsequent years.
Full Product Details
Author: Steven E. Clemente
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Volume: No. 123.
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.652kg
ISBN: 9780313280047
ISBN 10: 0313280045
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 16 June 1992
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
College/higher education
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
I know of no other book devoted entirely to this subject. . . . This is a work of considerable value and importance. -James J. Weingartner
I know of no other book devoted entirely to this subject. . . . This is a work of considerable value and importance. -James J. Weingartner ?. . . is an important book. It brings together in exhaustive detail a great mass of material (memoranda, curricula, admission requirements, selection standards, personal accounts) essential to an understanding of Prussian officer education. And because this book is in English, U.S. soldiers now have an opportunity to study one of the finest military education systems in history.?-Infantry ?The author has done a commendable amount of research.?-The Historian The author has done a commendable amount of research. -The Historian . . . is an important book. It brings together in exhaustive detail a great mass of material (memoranda, curricula, admission requirements, selection standards, personal accounts) essential to an understanding of Prussian officer education. And because this book is in English, U.S. soldiers now have an opportunity to study one of the finest military education systems in history. -Infantry
Author Information
STEVEN E. CLEMENTE is a freelance historian specializing in modern German and European political and military history.
