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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Erwin Rommel (1891-1944) was the most celebrated German general of WW II, in large part because of his campaigns against the British but also because of his personal magnetism. Relying on speed and shock, his style of maneuver is a standard subject of study in most war colleges. Fraser, a historian and retired British officer, shows that Rommel's uncanny aptitude for maneuver warfare was evident even when he was a junior infantry officer in WW I. Promoted to field marshal in 1944, Rommel commanded German troops defending the coast of France against the Allied invasion, abandoning the proven precepts of mobile warfare for an uncharacteristically rigid defense, a change in tactics which Fraser explores. Implicated in the July 20, 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler, Rommel was given the choice of suicide or facing a people's court. Fraser explains why he took a fatal poison draught, though his only crime was to question Hitler's leadership. Fraser's superb biography reveals Rommel not only as a warrior who ranks with Napoleon and Lee, but also as an unpretentious man who found much contentment in the company of his wife and son. Photos.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Booklist
The paradox of a great general serving an evil cause looms over the reputation of the Desert Fox, bridged somewhat by Rommel's forced suicide after the anti-Hitler plot in July_ 1944. Would that he had survived to write his memoirs, for his influence on military thought to this day (his 1937 book Infantry Attacks is still in print) would certainly be felt in doctrines on armored maneuver. In lieu of such, Fraser presents what definitely will become the standard biography (only the second since 1950), as the author astutely traces the qualities of leadership which Rommel embodied. A retired British general himself, Fraser brings a cerebral tone to his analysis, noting Rommel's almost animalistic warrior quality--his zest for war and ability to master its fears, tempered by knowledge of its art and the critical necessity of independent decisions to attain victory. He was thrice wounded in World War I, in actions here meticulously described, and spent the interwar period training new officers. Essentially a patriot, he was ostensibly apolitical but rose meteorically as commandant of Hitler's personal guard, then of a division in France and of the Afrikakorps in the desert. The question of whether his tactical brillance carried over into strategy divides military opinions, but opinion in general--or rather Fraser's convincing work might mold it so--is that he was brilliant, brave, even chivalrous. Technical text in places, but engaging throughout for the library readership. Gilbert Taylor --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Erwin Rommel (1891-1944) was the most celebrated German general of WW II, in large part because of his campaigns against the British but also because of his personal magnetism. Relying on speed and shock, his style of maneuver is a standard subject of study in most war colleges. Fraser, a historian and retired British officer, shows that Rommel's uncanny aptitude for maneuver warfare was evident even when he was a junior infantry officer in WW I. Promoted to field marshal in 1944, Rommel commanded German troops defending the coast of France against the Allied invasion, abandoning the proven precepts of mobile warfare for an uncharacteristically rigid defense, a change in tactics which Fraser explores. Implicated in the July 20, 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler, Rommel was given the choice of suicide or facing a people's court. Fraser explains why he took a fatal poison draught, though his only crime was to question Hitler's leadership. Fraser's superb biography reveals Rommel not only as a warrior who ranks with Napoleon and Lee, but also as an unpretentious man who found much contentment in the company of his wife and son. Photos.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Booklist
The paradox of a great general serving an evil cause looms over the reputation of the Desert Fox, bridged somewhat by Rommel's forced suicide after the anti-Hitler plot in July_ 1944. Would that he had survived to write his memoirs, for his influence on military thought to this day (his 1937 book Infantry Attacks is still in print) would certainly be felt in doctrines on armored maneuver. In lieu of such, Fraser presents what definitely will become the standard biography (only the second since 1950), as the author astutely traces the qualities of leadership which Rommel embodied. A retired British general himself, Fraser brings a cerebral tone to his analysis, noting Rommel's almost animalistic warrior quality--his zest for war and ability to master its fears, tempered by knowledge of its art and the critical necessity of independent decisions to attain victory. He was thrice wounded in World War I, in actions here meticulously described, and spent the interwar period training new officers. Essentially a patriot, he was ostensibly apolitical but rose meteorically as commandant of Hitler's personal guard, then of a division in France and of the Afrikakorps in the desert. The question of whether his tactical brillance carried over into strategy divides military opinions, but opinion in general--or rather Fraser's convincing work might mold it so--is that he was brilliant, brave, even chivalrous. Technical text in places, but engaging throughout for the library readership. Gilbert Taylor --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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