Memoirs Ten Years and Twenty Days |
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| Author:
| Doenitz, Karl |
| Translator:
| Stevens, R. H. |
| Introduction by:
| Rohwer, Jurgen |
| Contribution by:
| Woodward, David |
| Preface by:
| Showell, Jak P. Mallmann |
| ISBN: | 978-1-59114-215-7 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2012 |
| Publisher: | Naval Institute Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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These celebrated memoirs are the story of WWII, as told from the perspective of the German Navy's Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz. Credited with inventing U-boat tactics, he recounts his experiences over ten years as a U-boat commander and his twenty days as President of Germany. Explaining the Nazi regime as a product of its time, he argues that he was not a politician and thus not morally responsible for the regime's war crimes. He criticizes dictatorship as a fundamentally flawed form...
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These celebrated memoirs are the story of WWII, as told from the perspective of the German Navy's Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz. Credited with inventing U-boat tactics, he recounts his experiences over ten years as a U-boat commander and his twenty days as President of Germany. Explaining the Nazi regime as a product of its time, he argues that he was not a politician and thus not morally responsible for the regime's war crimes. He criticizes dictatorship as a fundamentally flawed form of government and blames it for much of the Nazi era's failings.