TY - BOOK AU - Brose,Eric Dorn TI - The Kaiser's army: the politics of military technology in Germany during the machine age, 1870-1918 SN - 9780198032731 AV - UA712 .B76 2001eb U1 - 355.00943 22 PY - 2001/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Germany KW - Heer KW - History KW - 19th century KW - 20th century KW - fast KW - HISTORY KW - Military KW - Pictorial KW - bisacsh KW - History, Military KW - Allemagne KW - Histoire militaire KW - 19e siècle KW - 20e siècle KW - Electronic books KW - Military history N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Old Soldiers -- 2. Queen of the Battlefield -- 3. Between Persistence and Change -- 4. The Plans of Schlieffen -- 5. Past and Present Collide -- 6. No Frederick the Great -- 7. Toward the Great War -- 8. Rolling the Iron Dice -- 9. Denouement -- Notes -- Bibliography and Abbreviations -- Index N2 - This volume covers a fascinating period in the history of the German army, a time in which machine guns, airplanes, and weapons of mass destruction were first developed and used. Eric Brose traces the industrial development of machinery and its application to infantry, cavalry, and artillery tactics UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=151482 ER -