

Instrument of War
The German Army 1914–18
Author: Dennis E. Showalter
Narrator: Julian Elfer
Unabridged: 10 hr 44 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 06/19/2018
Categories: Nonfiction, History, European History, Wars, World War I
Synopsis
Exploring the internal dynamics of the German Army, detailing how the soldiers coped with the many new forms of warfare, Showalter shows how the army's institutions responded and how Germany itself was changed by war. He goes on to detail the major campaigns on the Western and Eastern Fronts and the forgotten war fought in the Middle East and Africa, revealing operational strategy, the complexities of campaigns of movement versus static trench warfare, and the changes in warfare.