Military in Politics and Society in France and Germany in the 20th Century

Klaus-Jurgen Muller Professor of Modern History,University of Hamburg and the University of the Bundeswehr, Hamburg

• The military in politics and society in France and Germany, K.-J. Mueller; the military and society in France and Germany between 1870 and 1914, G. Krumeich; the military elites in Germany since 1870 - comparisons and contrasts with the French officer corps, M. Messerschmidt; navy and politics in Germany and France in the 20th century, M. Salewski; the military and the military-political breakdown in Germany (1918) and France (1940), E.W. Hansen; military and diplomacy in France and Germany in the interwar period, K.-J. Mueller; the army as an occupying power - the German army in 1940-1944, the French army in 1945-1949, R. Hudemann.

'This volume, bringing together the work of leading German military historians, is a valuable overview which will be of interest not only to readers interested in military history. It raises important general issues and should stimulate further research, particularly on the question of the German Sonderweg, where a study of military history can shed much light...'Manfried Zeidler, Technische Universitaet Dresden'This book will be of great interest to students of political and social sciences; and military history...'USI Journal'this book has much useful information to impart. [... Some of the pieces, notably those by Messerchmidt and Muller, should be on every undergraduate introductory reading list as first-class summaries of the state of research in their respective fields.'History'The kind of comparative history of which you could only wish to see a great more.'Francia