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Dragonslayer: The Legend of Erich Ludendorff in the Weimar Republic and Third Reich(Battlegrounds: Cornell Studies in Military History)

Dragonslayer: The Legend of Erich Ludendorff in the Weimar Republic and Third Reich(Battlegrounds: Cornell Studies in Military History)


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In this fascinating biography of the infamous ideologue Erich Ludendorff, Jay Lockenour complicates the classic depiction of this German World War I hero. Erich Ludendorff created for himself a persona that secured his place as one of the most prominent (and despicable) Germans of the twentieth century. With boundless energy and an obsession with detail, Ludendorff ascended to power and solidified a stable, public position among Germany's most influential. Between 1914 and his death in 1937, he was a war hero, a dictator, a right-wing activist, a failed putschist, a presidential candidate, a publisher, and a would-be prophet. He guided Germany's effort in the Great War between 1916 and 1918 and, importantly, set the tone for a politics of victimhood and revenge in the postwar era. Dragonslayer explores Ludendorff's life after 1918, arguing that the strange or unhinged personal traits most historians attribute to mental collapse were, in fact, integral to Ludendorff's political strategy. Lockenour asserts that Ludendorff patterned himself, sometimes consciously and sometimes unconsciously, on the dragonslayer of Germanic mythology, Siegfried-hero of the epic poem The Niebelungenlied and much admired by German nationalists. The symbolic power of this myth allowed Ludendorff to embody many Germans' fantasies of revenge after their defeat in 1918, keeping him relevant to political discourse despite his failure to hold high office or cultivate a mass following after World War I. Lockenour reveals the influence that Ludendorff's postwar career had on Germany's political culture and radical right during this tumultuous era. Dragonslayer is a tale as fabulist as fiction.

Table of Contents:
1. Mythic Life 2. Victor of Liège and Tannenberg 3. The Feldherr 4. Putschist 5. Prophet: Tannenberg League and Deutsche Gotterkenntnis 6. Duelist: Ludendorff, Hindenburg, Hitler 7. Ludendorff in the Third Reich 8. Siegfried's Death 9. Epilogue: Kriemhild's Revenge

About the Author :
Jay Lockenour is Associate Professor of History at Temple University. He is author of Soldiers as Citizens and former host of the New Books in Military History podcast.

Review :
Meticulously researched and lucidly argued, Dragonslayer reveals the true extent of Erich Ludendorff's impact on the political cultures of the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich. It is a must read for scholars of the First World War and for curious readers interested in understanding the evolution of Germany from nascent republic to Fascist dictatorship in the lead up to the Second World War. (New Books Network) Lockenour persuasively concludes that Ludendorff exerted tremendous direct influence on Hitler's worldview, teaching him that it was necessary to mobilize all resources of the nation for 'total war' and to create a 'Greater Germany' that enjoyed complete economic self-sufficiency. (Journal of Modern History)


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781501754593
  • Publisher: Cornell University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 312
  • Returnable: Y
  • Series Title: Battlegrounds: Cornell Studies in Military History
  • Weight: 584 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1501754599
  • Publisher Date: 15 Apr 2021
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 312
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: The Legend of Erich Ludendorff in the Weimar Republic and Third Reich
  • Width: 152 mm


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