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100 1  Afflerbach, Holger,|eauthor. 
240 10 Auf Messers Schneide.|lEnglish 
245 10 On a knife edge :|bhow Germany lost the First World War /
       |cHolger Afflerbach, University of Leeds ; translated by 
       Anne Buckley and Caroline Summers. 
246 30 How Germany lost the First World War 
264  1 Cambridge ;|aNew York, NY :|bCambridge University Press,
       |c2022. 
264  4 |c©2022 
300    xiii, 557 pages :|billustrations (black and white), maps 
       (black and white) ;|c24 cm. 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
336    still image|bsti|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    "This is a translated publication of Auf Messers Schneide:
       Wie das Deutsche Reich den Ersten Weltkrieg verlor, 
       written in German by Holger Afflerbach and published by 
       C.H. Beck in 2018 (ISBN 9783406719691)." 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
520    "On 31 July 1914, following the German government's 
       announcement of an 'imminent threat of war' and the issue 
       of the German ultimatum to Russia, the Bavarian General 
       von Wenninger dashed across Berlin to the War Ministry. 
       The officers he found there were not in a despondent mood,
       but rather a cheerful one: 'Beaming faces everywhere, 
       handshakes in the corridors, each man congratulating the 
       next that things are finally on the move. Rumours about 
       the other ultimatum, issued to France - one man asks 
       whether it is really necessary to draw the French into all
       this, as they always run scared like little rabbits. 
       General von Wild replies that "It would be a shame not to 
       take on those fellows as well."1 This level of confidence 
       was also reflected in the general response of the German 
       military leadership. The Kaiser's aide-de-camp, Max von 
       Mutius, who had been involved in the crucial deliberations
       about war and peace at the end of July and beginning of 
       August 1914, wrote in his memoirs: 'I deliberately did not
       give too much thought to the likely course of events and 
       the duration of the war. Happily, we were all convinced 
       that we would somehow ultimately win the war.'2"--
       |cProvided by publisher. 
647  7 World War|d(1914-1918)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01180746 
648  7 1914-1933|2fast 
650  0 World War, 1914-1918|zGermany. 
651  0 Germany|xHistory|y1918-1933. 
651  7 Germany. 
655  7 History.|2fast 
700 1  Buckley, Anne,|d1967-|etranslator. 
700 1  Summers, Caroline,|etranslator. 
765 08 |iTranslation of:|aAfflerbach, Holger.|tAuf Messers 
       Schneide.|dMunchen : C.H. Beck, 2018.|z9783406719691
       |w(DLC)  2018383115 
830  0 Cambridge military histories.