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WHITTON, F.E., — Moltke

London, Constable, 1921, x,326,19pp. with maps, original red cloth binding, spine faded and with minor damage to one hinge, gilt lettering on spine. Portrait of the general as frontispiece, minor age staining throughout. Biography of Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke (26 October 1800 - 24 April 1891) who was a Prussian field marshal. 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 and one of the finest military minds of his generation. He commanded troops in Europe and the Middle East, in the Second Schleswig War, Austro-Prussian War, and Franco-Prussian War. He is described as embodying \"Prussian military organization and tactical genius\". He was fascinated with railways and pioneered their military use.

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WHITTON, F.E.,
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