The period 1866–1920 saw the rise and ruin of imperial Germany, and Hans Delbruck (1848–1929) reported on the events of those years from a uniquely privileged position. A professor of history at the U
By the fifteenth century the Swiss method of warfare, in which disciplined foot soldiers fought in tightly formed units, was being imitated. The Germans and Spanish took notice when in 1479 Archduke M
Moral decadence did not contribute to the fall of the Roman Empire, but political instability that was most strongly reflected in a weakened army did, writes Hans Delbruck in volume 2 of History of th
