LEADER 00000cam 2200541 i 4500 001 1283900033 003 OCoLC 005 20230905081759.0 008 211103t20222022enkab e b 001 0 eng 010 2021052135 015 GBC2D5224|2bnb 016 7 020700158|2Uk 019 1282632904 020 9781108832885|q(hardcover) 020 1108832881|q(hardcover) 020 9781108965866|q(paperback) 020 1108965865 040 DLC|beng|erda|cDLC|dOCLCF|dOCLCO|dYDX|dOCLCO|dUKMGB|dSVP |dBDX|dYDX|dHQC|dXII|dUtOrBLW 041 1 eng|hger 042 pcc 043 e-gx--- 092 940.343|bAFF 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.
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