The Path to Blitzkrieg

Robert M. Citino is professor of history at Eastern Michigan University. His many publications include Blitzkrieg to Desert Storm (978-0-7006-1300-7), Death of the Wehrmacht (978-0-7006-1531-5), The German Way of War (978-0-7006-1410-3), and Quest for Decisive Victory (978-0-7006-1176-8). He lives in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

Introduction: The German Army from Collapse to Rebirth; Seeckt and the Rebirth of Doctrine; Seeckt: Doctrine and Reception; The Reichswehr as Military School; Exercises and Wargames; The Changing of the Guard; The Army and the "New Objectivity"; Toward the New Era; From Reichswehr to Wehrmacht; Conclusion: Ten Days that Shook the World; Bibliography; Index.