Die Militärstrategie Seeckts
By: Karen Schäfer
Series: Geschichtswissenschaft -- Band 27; Geschichtswissenschaft (Berlin, Germany) -- Bd. 27
Publisher: Frank & Timme, Verlag für wissenschaftliche Literatur
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: ger; eng
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9783732903030
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Influence; Military policy; Military History; Strategy
Description: The close link between military and political strategy is underestimated. In the troubled period of the 1920s, however, the military-strategic dimension was one of the most important factors. Hans von Seeckt not only characterized the construction of the Reichswehr, but also exerted an influence on domestic policy. Karen Schäfer puts this influence of his military strategy on the political decision-makers - above all, President Friedrich Ebert and leading politicians of the government parties. It takes into account Seeckt's military-strategic objectives and the military-political means he uses, such as equipment, armament and alliances. At the same time, it presents the extent to which it is to be understood as a representative of the primacy of politics, even if this is controversial in German military history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-309) and index.

In German; includes passages in English.
Table of contents: title: Die Seeckt-Rezeption in der militärhistorischen Forschung; title: Militärstrategische Überlegungen in der Weimarer Republik; title: Die Militärstrategie Seeckts; title: Militärstrategischer Richtungsstreit im Reichswehrministerium; title: Seeckts politisches Programm.