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Manchester, William

 
9780316529402: The Arms of Krupp: The Rise and Fall of the Industrial Dynasty That Armed Germany at War
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ISBN 10: 0316529400 ISBN 13: 9780316529402
Editorial: Little, Brown Paperbacks, 2016

Sinopsis

For the first time in Trade Paperback the massive, compelling book in which William Manchester brings to life Europe's richest, most powerful family, a 400-year dynasty that armed Germany in three major wars. Their cannon won the Franco-Prussian War in 1870. In 1871 they invented the first anti-aircraft gun to shoot down observation balloons. In WWI their mammoth weapons shelled Paris at a range of 81 miles. For 40 years they manufactured submarines, beginning with the U-1 that menaced Allied shipping. In 1940 their cannon actually shelled England from across the channel. The Krupps armed the forces of the Kaiser and financed Hitler's 'Terror Election' of 1933. Hitler honoured their loyalty by decreeing special tax exemptions that continued to bind a post-war West Germany. The Krupps even survived a Nuremberg conviction to become the dynamo behind the 'Common Market'.

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William Manchester is professor of History Emeritus at Wesleyan University. His biography of Winston Churchill, The Last Lion, is considered definitive.

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Editorial
Little, Brown Paperbacks
Año de publicación
2016
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0316529400
ISBN 13 
9780316529402
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
994
Contacto del fabricante
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