Michael A. Palmer, Ph.D., is chair of the history department at East Carolina University. Formerly he worked at the Naval Historical Center and was a field historian during the Persian Gulf War. During Operation Desert Shield he worked for the Chief of Naval Operations' (OPNAV) Strategic Concepts Group in the Pentagon. He is an award-winning author of ten books.
Armchair General"Palmer has succeeded in creating an outstanding
short history of the German wars that influenced the development of
Europe and the world in the 19th and 20th centuries. It's a
terrific introduction and overview of the subject."
Bookviews by Alan Caruba"The German Wars provides both detail and
insight regarding a nation called "the Huns" by those it attacked.
Feared for its excellence on the battlefield, the irony is that it
lost both wars it initiated in the last century, but its full
history is filled with a warning for a new generation that faces
off against new potential enemies, not the least of which is Iran
these days."
Kepler's Military History Book Reviews"This is an excellent
book...It is highly readable. It would be an excellent addition to
the library of any military historian, public library, university
library as well as personal collection of persons with interest in
European or Trans-Atlantic History."
Midwest Book Review"The German Wars provides a fine survey of how a
nation came to be recognized for its military supremacy - despite
losing two world wars. Michael Palmer provides an analysis of
German military might that discusses their strategic failures, bad
assumptions, and how their method of superior warfare became
outdated. Chapters describe major battles of Germans and offer fine
strategic analysis perfect for military history holdings."
Military Heritage."..a provocative look at the methods that Germany
used to wage war, and why ultimately they failed."
"Armchair General"
"Palmer has succeeded in creating an outstanding short history of
the German wars that influenced the development of Europe and the
world in the 19th and 20th centuries. It's a terrific introduction
and overview of the subject."
"Military Heritage"
."..a provocative look at the methods that Germany used to wage
war, and why ultimately they failed."
Bookviews by Alan Caruba
""The German Wars" provides both detail and insight regarding a
nation called "the Huns" by those it attacked. Feared for its
excellence on the battlefield, the irony is that it lost both wars
it initiated in the last century, but its full history is filled
with a warning for a new generation that faces off against new
potential enemies, not the least of which is Iran these days."
Kepler's Military History Book Reviews
"This is an excellent book...It is highly readable. It would be an
excellent addition to the library of any military historian, public
library, university library as well as personal collection of
persons with interest in European or Trans-Atlantic History."
Midwest Book Review
""The German Wars" provides a fine survey of how a nation came to
be recognized for its military supremacy - despite losing two world
wars. Michael Palmer provides an analysis of German military might
that discusses their strategic failures, bad assumptions, and how
their method of superior warfare became outdated. Chapters describe
major battles of Germans and offer fine strategic analysis perfect
for military history holdings."
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