The First Soldier

“ An expert account of Nazi war strategy that concludes that Hitler was not without military talent.” ( Kirkus Reviews ) After Germany’s humiliating World War II defeat, numerous German generals published memoirs claiming that their country’s brilliant military leadership had been undermined by the Führer’s erratic decision making. The author of three highly acclaimed books on the era, Stephen Fritz upends this characterization of Hitler as an ill-informed fantasist and demonstrates the ways in