On the nature of war by helmut moltke the elder world war. It is bringing knowledge to bear on practical life, the further elaboration of an original guiding idea under constantly changing circumstances. In that capacity he was responsible for the direction of the german armies at the outset of the war, and he has been made the scapegoat for germanys defeat at the marne. There are riddles in this book, especially in its second part. His modification of the german attack plan in the west and his inability to retain control of his rapidly advancing armies. Essays, speeches, and memoirs of fieldmarshal count helmuth. He became an international lawyer and had many friends in britain and the united states. This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. The chief of staff of the prussian army for thirty years, he is regarded as the creator of a new, more modern method of directing armies in the field. Son of an antinazi hero uses family estate to nurture. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to. Moltke was born in mecklenburg, served the king of denmark and the sultan of the ottoman empire before returning to prussia in 1.
Forword to the first english edition perseus verlag. This is as the reader will soon discover himself by no means always an easy task. Moltke s tactical problems from 18581882 edited by the prussian grand general staff. Parchim, mecklemburgo, 1800 berlin, 1891 militar aleman. He commanded troops in europe and the middle east, commanding during the second schleswig war, austro. But riddles are a healthy means to develop a process of spiritual understanding.