Kurt Freiherr von Lersner: Hinter den Kulissen von Oberster Heeresleitung und Reichsleitung 1914-1920

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Volume editor Winfried Baumgart

Book cover: Kurt Freiherr von Lersner: Hinter den Kulissen von Oberster Heeresleitung und Reichsleitung 1914-1920

Extent: 485 pages

Publisher: Brill | Schöningh

Subjects: German Studies, Social Sciences , Twentieth- & Twenty-First- Century History

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(November 2021)

ISBN: 9783506791160

6.1 x 9.25 inches

Price: $125.00

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Kurt Frhr. von Lersner was an officer between the German Foreign Office and the Imperial Chancellor on the one side and the German High Command and Emperor William I on the other. In 1919 he was a member of the German peace delegation at Versailles that had to implement the voluminous articles of the peace. His memoirs offer a deep insight into the chronical conflicts between Germany’s political and military leadership during the war.

Winfried Baumgart habilitierte sich an der Universität Bonn für Neuere und Neueste Geschichte und lehrte an verschiedenen Universitäten. Er veröffentlichte zahlreiche Schriften, im Ferdinand Schöningh Verlag u.a. “Kaiser Friedrich III. – Tagebücher 1866–1888”.

  • Volume editor Winfried Baumgart