The Nemesis of Power: The German Army in Politics 1918-1945

by John Wheeler-Bennett, Richard Overy, Sir John Wheeler Wheeler-Bennett

Book Overview

Sir John W. Wheeler-Bennett tells the story of how the German Army, having survived the disaster of 1918, proceeded to dominate the political life of the German Republic, exercising a virtually paramount degree of power and influence by its very withdrawal from the active arena of politics: and of how, when later it was mistaken enough to play politics instead of controlling them, it began a descent which only ended in abject defeat - militarily,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403918120
• ISBN13: 9781403918123
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 874 Pages
• Weight: 2.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"