Dragonslayer : the legend of Erich Ludendorff in the Weimar Republic and Third Reich / / Jay Lockenour
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| Autore: |
Lockenour Jay <1966->
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| Titolo: |
Dragonslayer : the legend of Erich Ludendorff in the Weimar Republic and Third Reich / / Jay Lockenour
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| Pubblicazione: | Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xiv, 292 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina: | 355.0092 |
| Soggetto topico: | Generals - Germany |
| Soggetto geografico: | Germany Politics and government 1918-1933 |
| Germany History 1918-1933 | |
| Soggetto non controllato: | Operation Michael, unrestricted submarine warfare, german radical right, collapse of the weimar republic, Knight og the long knnives, great war |
| Classificazione: | NP 4617 |
| Note generali: | Also issued in print: 2021. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Mythic Life : An Introduction -- Victor of Liege and Tannenberg -- The Feldherr : Ludendorff in the Supreme Command -- Putschist : Kapp and Beer Hall Putsches -- Prophet : Tannenberg League and the League for the Germanic Understanding of God -- Duellist : Hitler, Hindenburg, Ludendorff -- Ludendorff in the Third Reich -- Siegfried's Death -- Epilogue : Kriemhild's Reven. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In this biography of Erich Ludendorff, the author complicates the classic depiction of this German World War I hero. Ludendorff created for himself a persona that secured his place as one of the most prominent Germans of the 20th century. With boundless energy & an obsession with detail, Ludendorff ascended to power & solidified a stable, public position among Germany's most influential. Between 1914 & his death in 1937, he was a war hero, a dictator, a right-wing activist, a failed putschist, a presidential candidate, a publisher, & a would-be prophet. He guided Germany's effort in the Great War between 1916 & 1918 &, importantly, set the tone for a politics of victimhood & revenge in the postwar era. This book explores Ludendorff's life after 1918, arguing that the strange or unhinged personal traits most historians attribute to mental collapse were integral to Ludendorff's political strategy. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Dragonslayer |
| ISBN: | 1-5017-5459-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910795642303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Battlegrounds. Cornell studies in military history.
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