Germany’s Aims In The First World War By Fritz Fischer 1967 Hardback Book

Description: GERMANY’S AIMS IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR BY FRITZ FISCHER INTRODUCTION BY JAMES JOLL “This trenchant and impremive book, by one of the most noted of postwar German historians, makes an important contribution to our knowledge of a crucial phase of European history. It is the first fully documented account of the war aims and policies of a major participant in the First World War, for the period of the war itself. Under its original title Griff nach der Weltmacht (Grasp for World Power), the book has been the subject of sharp controvery in Germany, for it challenges widely accepted distinctions between German policy in the Kaiser's time and German policy under Hitler. Nazi aggremion of the 1930s and 1940s can no longer be considered an isolated phenomenon; Professor Fischer shows the German leaders in the 1914-1918 war persisting, almost to the end of the conflict, in annexationist schemen to which they had committed themselves initially. These policies were the creation not only of the nationalists and the High Command, but of the supposedly moderate Chancellor, Bethmann Hollweg, who emerges as a figure of monumental ambition whose expansionist designs had the support of industrialists, financiers, and not a few avowed 'liberals. Twenty years before the rise of Hitler these men set out to change the face of Europe, and the world, for the sake of German aggrandizement. Germany's Aims in the First World War is based on massive research in the German archives, including those in East Germany, to which the author was granted special accem. Much of the material drawn on became available only recently, when the archives were returned to Germany after their confiscation in the Second World War.” “Griff Bach der Weltmacht” original Germany title. Book is in good used condition, has some signs of wear to the dust jacket but overall a great and rare sought after edition of this book. Germany’s Aims In The First World War By Fritz Fischer 1967 Hardback Book

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