Tirpitz: Architect of the German High Seas Fleet (Military Profiles)
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (763 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1574887327 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 136 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Yet his strategic mirror-imaging reflected his own failings. His fleet bottled and then scuttled, Tirpitz escaped into Rightist fantasy. Epkenhans offers a devastating portrait of a life’s work gone wrong, one deserving of careful scrutiny by today’s military and strategists.”—William Astore, Associate Professor of History, Pennsylvania College of Technology. “In building the High Seas Fleet that challenged Britain’s Royal Navy, Tirpitz sought greater freedom and glory for Germany
"Tirpitz: Architect of the High Seas Fleet" according to james seeley. A worthwhile purchase, at the modest price. The text ranges thoroughly across Tirpitz's life and career, and is clear in style. It does have a slight feel of literary flatness: I am afraid in places I thought "This makes an interesting and dramatic event sound routine". The word "dry" comes to mind. The general line is dismissive of German Weltpolitik and naval ambition.However on balance anyone interested in the early 20C German navy should see a copy.. "Generally a good overview" according to K Scheffler. Generally a good overview of von Tirpitz's life and career. It would seem, though, the author is compelled to make certain observations that will spare him from being cast in a certain light. In Germany, discussing Germany's military history in an objective manner is tantamount to being a right-wing extremist, hence it should come as no surprise that von Tirpitz was essentially a "failure" and that Germany, for some reason, had no right (and therefore was ultimately being provocative towards Britain) to build a powerful navy, let alone build an overseas empire.
In the meantime, Tirpitz tendered his resignation to the Kaiser, who surprisingly accepted it. Epkenhans uses newly discovered documents to provide a fresh treatment of this important naval leader. Alfred von Tirpitz (1849–1930), who joined the Prussian Navy in 1865 as a midshipman, was chiefly responsible for rapidly developing and enlarging the German Navy, especially the High Seas Fleet, from 1897 until the years immediately prior to the First World War. This policy did not differentiate between neutral and belligerent shipping and proved so controversial with the neutral United States that Germany was forced to retract it, albeit only temporarily. Great Britain, reacting with alarm to this challenge to its overseas trade and naval supremacy, acc