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Strachan and the Great War: A Lifelong Quest by Herwig, Holger H.

“…Sir Hew Strachan of the University of St Andrews is the doyen of World War I studies. He approached his work from a serious multinational, multilingual, and…”
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Lusitania: The Cultural History of a Catastrophe by Willi Jasper (review) by Herwig, Holger H

“…The "terror" of their fore-bearers in plundering villages and monasteries, enslaving local populations, and putting everything in their path to the torch "was…”
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The Origins of World War I by Hamilton, Richard F, Herwig, Holger H

“…This work poses a straightforward - yet at the same time perplexing - question about World War I: Why did it happen? Several of the oft-cited causes are…”
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Through the Looking Glass: German Strategic Planning Before 1914 by Herwig, Holger H.

“…In Aug 1914, the armies of Imperial Germany went to war according to a single-force design, the Schlieffen Plan. The operations plan had not been coordinated…”
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Geopolitik: Haushofer, Hitler and lebensraum by Herwig, Holger H.

“…Karl Haushofer, 1869-1946, and his influence on the geopolitical conceptions of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist regime remain controversial. The…”
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"Military Doomsday Machine"? The Decisions for War 1914 by Herwig, Holger

“…This manuscript analyses the decisions for war taken in the capitals of the major powers of Europe, during July and August 1914. The July crisis triggered the…”
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The German Reaction to the Dreadnought Revolution by Herwig, Holger H.

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Book Review: Violence and the German Soldier in the Great War: Killing, Dying, Surviving Benjamin Ziemann by Herwig, Holger H.

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Military Strategy in War and Peace: Some Conclusions by Herwig, Holger

“…"Everything in war is very simple," Prussia's premier military theorist, Carl von Clausewitz, famously stated, "but the simplest thing is difficult." Strategy…”
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The Image of the Soldier in German Culture, 1871-1933 by Herwig, Holger H.

“…Herwig reviews The Image of the Soldier in German Culture, 1871-1933 by Paul Fox…”
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The Failure of German Sea Power, 1914-1945: Mahan, Tirpitz, and Raeder Reconsidered by Herwig, Holger H.

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In Flanders Flooded Fields: Before Ypres There Was Yser , by Paul Van Pul by Herwig, Holger H.

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By Order of the Kaiser: Otto von Diederichs and the Rise of the Imperial German Navy, 1865–1902 . By Terrell D.  Gottschall. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2003. Pp. viii+337. $36.95 by Herwig, Holger H.

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Andreas Hillgruber: Historian of “Grossmachtpolitik” 1871–1945 by Herwig, Holger H.

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The Berlin-Baghdad Express: The Ottoman Empire and Germany's Bid for World Power. By Sean Mcmeekin. (Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010. Pp. xv, 461. $29.95.) by Herwig, Holger H.

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The Berlin-Baghdad Express: The Ottoman Empire and Germany's Bid for World Power by Herwig, Holger H.

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Reviews of Books:Imperialism at Sea: Naval Strategic Thought, the Ideology of Sea Power and the Tirpitz Plan, 1875-1914 Rolf Hobson by Herwig, Holger H.

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Die deutsche Heeresrüstungspolitik, 1890-1914: Das Militär und der Primat der Politik by Herwig, Holger H.

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Rehearsals: The German Army in Belgium, August 1914 by Herwig, Holger H.

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Tunes of Glory at the Twilight Stage: The Bad Homburg Crown Council and the Evolution of German Statecraft, 1917/1918 by Herwig, Holger H.

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