Zuber, Terence Inventing the Schlieffen Plan: German War Planning 1871-1914.(Book Review)(Brief Article) From: History: Review of New Books | Date: June 22, 2003| Author: Paddock, Troy | COPYRIGHT 2003 Heldref Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Oxford: Oxford University Press 340 pp., $72.00, ISBN 0-19-925016-2 Publication Date: January 2003

Retired United States Army Officer and University of Wurzburg Ph.D. Terence Zuber has written an important book. Inventing the Schlieffen Plan: German War Planning 1871-1914 may be the first step in a dramatic rethinking of both World War I and twentieth-century German history.

Divided into six chapters, Zuber attempts to reverse completely the conventional wisdo...

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