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Article: The Great War.(Book review)
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- Parameters
- Article date:
- June 22, 2008
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The Great War. By Paul von Hindenburg. St. Paul, Minn.: MBI Publishing, 2006. 256 pages. $34.95.
"Mein Leben was a huge bestseller in Germany, but was dismissed by most military historians and critics as a boring apologia that skipped over the most controversial issues in Hindenburg's life." So says the omnipresent Wikipedia. Readers might also wish to examine Adam R. Seipp's review in The Journal of Military History (April 2007). This version of the Field Marshall's memoir is certainly easier reading than the original translation but does not provide the reader all the background and context of earlier works. Among these works one is certain to find the ...
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Article: Paul Ludwig Hans von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg
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... ... Ludwig Hans von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg The German field marshal and statesman ... Ludwig Hans von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg (1847-1934) commanded the German ... Germany from 1925 to 1934. Paul von Hindenburg was one of the last prominent representatives ...
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