The Creation of the Modern German Army : General Walther Reinhardt and the Weimar Republic, 1914-1930 /
Mulligan, William
The Creation of the Modern German Army : General Walther Reinhardt and the Weimar Republic, 1914-1930 / William Mulligan. - 1 online resource (256 p.) - Monographs in German History ; 12 .
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Reinhardt in Peace and War, 1872–1918 -- Chapter 3: Coming to Terms with the New Regime -- Chapter 4: Setting the Agenda on Military Policy, January–June 1919 -- Chapter 5: Reinhardt and the Treaty of Versailles -- Chapter 6: The Formation of the Reichswehrministerium -- Chapter 7: The Kapp Putsch and the Failure of Reinhardt’s Military Policy -- Chapter 8: Reinhardt and Military Politics in the 1920s -- Chapter 9: The Reinhardtskurse and Reinhardt’s Military Thought -- Chapter 10: Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index
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Civil-military relations have been a consistent theme of the history of the Weimar Republic. This study focuses on the career of General Walther Reinhardt, the last Prussian Minister of War and the First Head of the Army Command in the Weimar Republic. Though less well known than his great rival, Hans von Seeckt, Reinhardt's role in forming the young Reichswehr and his writings on warfare made him one of the most important and influential military figures in interwar Germany. Contrary to the conventional view that civil-military relations were fraught from the outset, the author argues, Reinhardt's contribution to the military politics of the Weimar Republic shows that opportunities for reform and co-operation with civilian leaders existed. However, although he is primarily seen as a liberal General, this study demonstrates that he was motivated by professional military considerations and by the specter of a future war. His ideas on modern warfare were amongst the most radical of the time.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781800733367
10.1515/9781800733367 doi
Generals--Germany--Biography.
HISTORY / Europe / Germany.
DD247.R39 M85 2005
355/.0092 B
The Creation of the Modern German Army : General Walther Reinhardt and the Weimar Republic, 1914-1930 / William Mulligan. - 1 online resource (256 p.) - Monographs in German History ; 12 .
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Reinhardt in Peace and War, 1872–1918 -- Chapter 3: Coming to Terms with the New Regime -- Chapter 4: Setting the Agenda on Military Policy, January–June 1919 -- Chapter 5: Reinhardt and the Treaty of Versailles -- Chapter 6: The Formation of the Reichswehrministerium -- Chapter 7: The Kapp Putsch and the Failure of Reinhardt’s Military Policy -- Chapter 8: Reinhardt and Military Politics in the 1920s -- Chapter 9: The Reinhardtskurse and Reinhardt’s Military Thought -- Chapter 10: Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Civil-military relations have been a consistent theme of the history of the Weimar Republic. This study focuses on the career of General Walther Reinhardt, the last Prussian Minister of War and the First Head of the Army Command in the Weimar Republic. Though less well known than his great rival, Hans von Seeckt, Reinhardt's role in forming the young Reichswehr and his writings on warfare made him one of the most important and influential military figures in interwar Germany. Contrary to the conventional view that civil-military relations were fraught from the outset, the author argues, Reinhardt's contribution to the military politics of the Weimar Republic shows that opportunities for reform and co-operation with civilian leaders existed. However, although he is primarily seen as a liberal General, this study demonstrates that he was motivated by professional military considerations and by the specter of a future war. His ideas on modern warfare were amongst the most radical of the time.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781800733367
10.1515/9781800733367 doi
Generals--Germany--Biography.
HISTORY / Europe / Germany.
DD247.R39 M85 2005
355/.0092 B