page_title: Friedrich von Bernhardi
hierarchical_section_title: Friedrich von Bernhardi
caption_attribution_description: Portrait photograph of Friedrich von Bernhardi (1849-1930)
context_page_description: Friedrich Adam Julius von Bernhardi was a Prussian general and military historian. He was a best-selling author prior to World War I. A militarist, he is perhaps best known for his bellicose book Deutschland und der Nächste Krieg, printed in 1911. Describing war as a "divine business", he proposed that Germany should pursue an aggressive stance and ignore treaties.
context_section_description: Friedrich Adam Julius von Bernhardi (November 22, 1849 – December 11, 1930) was a Prussian general and military historian. He was a best-selling author prior to World War I. A militarist, he is perhaps best known for his bellicose book Deutschland und der Nächste Krieg (Germany and the Next War), printed in 1911. Describing war as a "divine business", he proposed that Germany should pursue an aggressive stance and ignore treaties.
caption: Bernhardi in or before 1910
exif: {"Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image Software": "Microsoft Windows Live Photo Gallery14.0.8081.709", "Image DateTime": "2010:08:09 12:47:31", "Image ExifOffset": "2204", "Image Padding": "[]", "EXIF ImageUniqueID": "A475FF918E1D4EBC9636A1E0A5852A14", "EXIF Padding": "[]"}