Absolute Destruction
Subtitle: Military Culture And The Practices Of War In Imperial Germany
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: December 31, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780801442582
Subjects: European history: c 1750 to c 1900; Warfare & Defence; c 1800 to c 1900; History, Military; Germany; History; History - General History; Military - General; History: World; Europe - Germany; Holocaust; 19th century; 20th century; Militarism
First sentence: On 14 January 1904 District Judge Richter wired the German Foreign Office: "All farms in the vicinity of Windhuk [Windhoek, the capital of German Southwest Africa] plundered by Herero.