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Author Hull, Isabel V, author

Title Absolute destruction : military culture and the practices of war in imperial Germany / Isabel V. Hull
Published Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2005
©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 384 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Waterberg -- Pursuit and annihilation -- Death by imprisonment -- National politics and military culture -- Lessons of 1870-71 : institutions and law -- Standard practices -- Doctrines of fear and force -- Stopping the process -- Waging war, 1914-1916 : risk, extremes, and limits -- Civilians as objects of military necessity -- The Armenian genocide -- Repetition and self-destruction -- Conclusions and implications
Summary "In a book that is at once a major contribution to modern European history and a cautionary tale for today, Isabel V. Hull argues that the routines and practices of the Imperial German Army, unchecked by effective civilian institutions, increasingly sought the absolute destruction of its enemies as the only guarantee of the nation's security."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-368) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Militarism -- Germany -- History
HISTORY -- Europe -- Germany.
HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
Militarism
Militär
Krijgsmacht.
Oorlogvoering.
Mentaliteit.
Oorlogsmisdaden.
SUBJECT Germany -- History, Military -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054603
Germany -- History, Military -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054604
Militarism -- Germany -- History
Subject Germany
Deutschland
Genre/Form History
Military history
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2004013387
ISBN 9780801467097
0801467098
1322500509
9781322500508