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The King's Finest: A Social and Bureaucratic Profile of Prussia's General Officers, 1871-1914

(Hardback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

The King's Finest: A Social and Bureaucratic Profile of Prussia's General Officers, 1871-1914

Contributors:

By (Author) Daniel J. Hughes

ISBN:

9780275923204

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

Praeger Publishers Inc

Publication Date:

30th October 1987

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

Tertiary Education

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Dewey:

355.3310943

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

224

Description

The King's Finest exposes the social roots of the generalcy and defines the major factors, both social and military, in a successful career. Hughes places the generalcy in its social context and demonstrates how the entire military structure was designed to preserve an exclusive social homogeneity. He shows exactly how the Prussian army selected, trained, and promoted these preferred types of men to its highest positions. Hughes' evidence suggests that the most fundamental group characteristic of these men was their strong, constant ties to the state apparatus rather than enduring connections with landed interests, industrial circles, or business pressure groups.

Reviews

. . . we must be grateful to Hughes for assembling a wide range of hard-to-find data and for offering useful statistical assessments on several important aspects of Prussia's military establishment in its penultimate phase.-The International History Review
." . . we must be grateful to Hughes for assembling a wide range of hard-to-find data and for offering useful statistical assessments on several important aspects of Prussia's military establishment in its penultimate phase."-The International History Review

Author Bio

DANIEL J. HUGHES is the suprevisory Historian for the Combined Arms Center at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas.

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