Author: Holger H. Herwig
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Keywords: civilization, series, european, problems, world, war, outbreak
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 1996-10-16
List price: $46.95
ISBN-10: 0669416924
ISBN-13: 9780669416923

This volume in the Problems in European Civilization series presents the diversity of viewpoints held by the field’s most eminent historians. The editor accompanies the essays and documents with his own essay, providing historical context and insights on each problem discussed.

Authors:David Bercuson, Holger H. Herwig,
Publisher: Overlook Hardcover
Keywords: bismarck, destruction
Number of Pages: 388
Published: 2001-10-29
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 1585671924
ISBN-13: 9781585671922

Late in the morning of May 27th, 1941, the German battleship Bismarck was sunk by an overwhelming British armada in a fierce battle that lasted ninety minutes. Admiral Günther Lütjens, Captain Ernst Lindemann and 2,206 men of her crew were lost; only 115 survived. Five days earlier, at 5:00 p.m. on May 22nd, an RAF reconnaissance plane flying low off the coast of Norway spotted four large warships in the sea below. At 32,000 tons apiece, the sight of the battle cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau was shocking enough; even more so was the sight of the 42,000-ton sister ships— t

Authors:Richard F. Hamilton, Holger H. Herwig,
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: war, world, origins
Number of Pages: 552
Published: 2003-02-24
List price: $80.00
ISBN-10: 0521817358
ISBN-13: 9780521817356

Why did World War I happen? Several of the oft-cited causes are reviewed and discussed in this analysis. The argument of the alliance systems is inadequate, lacking relevance or compelling force. The argument of an accident or "slide" is also inadequate, given the clear and unambiguous evidence of intentions. The arguments of mass demands focusing on nationalism, militarism, and social Darwinism are also arguably insufficient. They lack indications of frequency, intensity, and process or influence on the various decisions.

Authors:Richard F. Hamilton, Holger H. Herwig,
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: war, decisions
Number of Pages: 284
Published: 2004-12-13
List price: $25.99
ISBN-10: 0521545307
ISBN-13: 9780521545303

Focusing on the choices made by coteries, this study examines the perplexing question of why World War I happened. In each case, the decision to enter the war was made by a handful of individuals--monarchs, ministers, military people, party leaders, ambassadors, and a few others. In each case also, separate and distinct agendas are seen, with considerations differing from one nation to the next. The leadership of Japan, the Ottoman Empire, Italy, the Balkans, and the United States are explored, as well as that of the major powers involved--Austria-Hungary, Germany, France, and Great Britain,

Authors:Christon I. Archer, John R. Ferris, Holger H. Herwig
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Keywords: warfare, history, world
Number of Pages: 640
Published: 2008-09-01
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 0803219415
ISBN-13: 9780803219410

World History of Warfare covers worldwide military history from ancient times to the present and is designed as a textbook for college courses. Its principal theme is an exploration of change and continuity, revolution and tradition, in three thousand years of warfare. It teaches students and general readers how warfare evolved and how that evolution affected human society, with emphasis on major turning points in the conduct of warfare rather than a superficial general history of wars. Although the volume addresses traditional subjects such as generals and tactics, each chapter also includes

Authors:Holger Afflerback, Holger Afflerback, David Stevenso
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Keywords: war, political, culture, european, world, outbreak, improbable
Number of Pages: 380
Published: 2007-10-15
List price: $90.00
ISBN-10: 1845452755
ISBN-13: 9781845452759

The First World War has been described as the primordial catastrophe of the twentieth century. Arguably, Italian Fascism, German National Socialism and Soviet Leninism and Stalinism would not have emerged without the cultural and political shock of World War I. The question why this catastrophe happened therefore preoccupies historians to this day. The focus of this volume is not on the consequences, but rather on the connection between the Great War and the long 19th century, the short- and long-term causes of World War I. This approach results in the questioning of many received ideas about

Author: Dieter Herwig
Publisher: Midland
Keywords: special, purpose, aircraft, attack, ground, secret, projects, volume, luftwaffe
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2004-01-23
List price: $64.95
ISBN-10: 1857801504
ISBN-13: 9781857801507

The two previous volumes in this hugely popular series have covered Fighters 1939-1945 and Strategic Bombers 1935-1945. This new addition takes a close look at a varied range of aircraft types, principally described as ground-attack and special-purpose types, but which includes Kampfzerstoerer (multi-purpose combat aircraft), multi-purpose and fast bombers, explosive-carrying aircraft intended to attack other aircraft, air-to-air ramming vehicles, bomb-carrying gliders and towed fighters, and airborne weapons and special devices (rockets, cannons, flame-throwers, etc.) As in the first two v