The Arms of Krupp 1587-1968

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B000PGIA1K
• Release Date: January 1968
• Publisher: Little Brown & Co
• Weight: 300.00 lbs.

Customer Reviews

How one manufacturing family influenced the shape of Germany.

This is an excellent description of a family noted for its involvement with the steel industry, particularly in the manufacture of arms. They struggled with Germany’s economy and influenced Germany’s foreign policy, covering about 400 years between 1587 and 1968. It looks like a lengthy volume; however, it is over just as you are getting started. A side benefit is that the technical information added helps you imagine what it is like to design and sell the arms. In some cases, arms were almost given away for a cause. At other times, they mercenarily sold arms to many conflicting countries on both sides. This story parallels other books on history and makes the world seem as if it is made up of people, not just historical facts. Speaking of historical facts, one of the things I like to do is to read books that become movies and movies that are novelized. This would have to be a mini-series. Notice that in the book, interestingly enough, William Manchester mentions that George Bernard Shaw based a play on the Krupp family, “Major Barbara,” which consequently was made into a movie with Windy Hiller in 1941.