Title: The Nemesis of Power
Subtitle: The German Army in Politics 1918-1945
First published: 1961
Description: The Nemesis of Power is the definitive account of the General Staff of first the German Empire through the Weimar Republic and the birth and ultimate death of the Third Reich. Historical Adviser to the British Royal Archives, Sir John Wheeler-Bennett, gives a rather sympathetic portrayal of the Wehrmacht but certainly not of Hitler and the NSDAP themselves, as the struggle for control of military operations between the Army and SS as well as between civilian authorities and the paramilitary SA up until the Night of the Long Knives makes apparent. The account of German Army operations and political actions throughout the Interbellum is especially detailed and provides a great deal of invaluable information for the serious academic if not for the casual reader.
Subjects: Armed Forces, Germany. Heer, History, Militarism, Politics and government, World War, 1939-1945, Germany, heer, World war, 1939-1945, germany, Militarism, germany, Germany, politics and government, 1933-1945, Germany, politics and government, 1918-1933, Germany, Political science
Places: Germany, Berlin (Germany), Vienna (Austria), Wiener Neustadt
People: Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), Werner von Fritsch, Ferdinand Schörner, Walther von Brauchitsch, Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934), Wilhelm Groener, Erich von Falkenhayn, Erwin Rommel (1891-1944), Friedrich Paulus, Walther von Reichenau, Martin Bormann (1900-1945), Hermann Hoth
Time periods: 1918-1945, 20th century, 1918-1933, 1933-1945
LC classification: DD'240'W544