Steven E. Clemente

For King and Kaiser! (eBook, PDF)

The Making of the Prussian Army Officer, 1860-1914

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Produktbeschreibung

Steven Clemente describes how conservative traditions and artistocratic values were preserved in the selection and training of German army officers prior to World War I despite changing times and the influx of many middle-class recruits into the army. He demonstrates how right thinking and service to the King and the Kaiser were the basis for Prussian officer education in the period from 1860 to 1914.

The history provides considerable detail about German secondary school education, the selection of officers, the curriculum, and life in the cadet and war schools, the life of a subaltern, and the education of the Prussian War Academy. The book concludes with an analysis of the attitudes and loyalties of the officers that entered World War I. Students of European history and military affairs will find this study one that raises a number of provocative questions about German performance in World War I and in subsequent years.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 1992
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313066467
• Artikelnr.: 54036780

Autorenporträt

STEVEN E. CLEMENTE is a freelance historian specializing in modern German and European political and military history.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction Tradition German Secondary Education and Officer
Selection Civilian to Ensign: Screening, Selection, and Training A Facade
of Education: The Structure and Curriculum of the Cadet Corps Paradigms of
Character: Life in the Cadet Schools Acceptance into the Fold: War School
and Life as a Subaltern The Crown of Prussian Officer Education: The War
Academy New Faces--Old Fealty: Conclusion Appendixes Select Bibliography
Index