Blitzkrieg and Bluff. The Legend of Nazi Invincibility

Lessner, Erwin

Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1943

About this Item

First edition of this analysis of the failings of the German military machine, from their (winning) gamble in France to their all-out disaster in Russia, in wonderful original dust jacket. "A review of the record of the German Army in this war, in which the author shows that its early successes were due in no small part to its outbluffing the enemy--tactics it was not able to repeat in Russia" (Foreign Affairs). The book analyzes how the Nazi army managed to take over so much of the European continent, despite middling strategy and occasional poor decision-making, through a mix of its Total War Machine industrial production and its willingness to bluff when faced by resistance. Lessner was a publisher and veteran of the Austrian Army who fled after the Anschluss in 1938 and escaped across Russia to America. Book with only a few very faint spots to cloth, dust jacket with only light wear and very shallow chipping to extremities. An extremely good copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Blitzkrieg and Bluff. The Legend of Nazi Invincibility
• Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
• Publication Date: 1943
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good