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02475aam a2200421Ii 4500 001 95791BA20F2511E9BB56EF4997128E48 003 SILO 005 20190103010119 008 180402t20182018ctuabf b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2017963161 020 $a 0300205988 020 $a 9780300205985 035 $a (OCoLC)1029892733 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d YUS $d OCLCO $d IGA $d HRF $d UOK $d YDX $d YDXIT $d GZM $d OCLCF $d HTM $d VP@ $d UKMGB $d IWA $d SILO 043 $a e-gw--- 050 4 $a DD247 H5 F758x 2018 082 04 $a 940.541343 $2 23 100 1 $a Fritz, Stephen G., $d 1949- $e author. 245 14 $a The first soldier : $b Hitler as military leader / $c Stephen G. Fritz. 246 30 $a Hitler as military leader 264 1 $a New Haven : $b Yale University Press, $c [2018] 300 $a xvi, 459 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 410-436) and index. 505 0 $a Clausewitz, Hitler, and absolute war -- Emergence of the idea -- War in peace -- Blitzkrieg Unleashed -- The Blitzkrieg paradox -- The lure of Lebensraum -- Barbarossa: the last Blitzkrieg (June-August 1941) -- Barbarossa: Catastrophe (September 1941-March 1942) -- A world power or nothing at all (1942-3) -- No victory, no piece (summer 1943-4) -- Never again a November 1918 -- Hitler as Feldherr: an assessment. 520 $a "After Germany's humiliating World War II defeat, numerous German generals published memoirs claiming that their country's brilliant military leadership had been undermined by the FuÌhrer's erratic decision making. The author of three highly acclaimed books on the era, Stephen Fritz upends this characterization of Hitler as an ill-informed fantasist and demonstrates the ways in which his strategy was coherent and even competent"-- $c Book jacket. 611 27 $a World War (1939-1945) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01180924 648 7 $a 1900-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a Biography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423686 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 600 10 $a Hitler, Adolf, $d 1889-1945 $x Military leadership. 650 0 $a Heads of state $z Germany $v Biography. 651 0 $a Germany $x Politics and government $y 1933-1945. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Campaigns $z Germany. 650 0 $a Strategy $x History $y 20th century. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190202012526.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=95791BA20F2511E9BB56EF4997128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search