Absolute Destruction
Subtitle: Military Culture And the Practices of War in Imperial Germany
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: January 12, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780801472930
Subjects: European history: from c 1900 -; Warfare & Defence; c 1900 - c 1914; History: World; History; History - Military / War; Germany; Europe - Germany; Military - General; 19th century; 20th century; History, Military; 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.