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The German Way of War by Robert M. Citino
The German Way of War by Robert M. Citino













The German Way of War by Robert M. Citino

Citino focuses on operational warfare to demonstrate continuity in German military campaigns from the time of Elector Frederick Wilhelm and his great "sleigh-drive" against the Swedes to the age of Adolf Hitler and the blitzkrieg to the gates of Moscow. Robert Citino takes us on a dramatic march through Prussian and German military history to show how that primal theme played out time and time again. For Frederick the Great, the prescription for warfare was simple: kurz und vives ("short and lively")-wars that relied upon swift, powerful, and decisive military operations.















The German Way of War by Robert M. Citino