Steel Wind is a piece of historical detective work that explains how Colonel Georg Bruchmuller; an obscure German artillery officer recalled from retirement; played a pivotal role in the revolution of offensive tactics that took place in 1917-18. Ironically; the methods developed by Bruchmuller ultimately were rejected by the German Army of World War II; but they were taken up and applied with a vengeance by the emerging Red Army. The Soviets further developed Bruchmuller's principles and incorporated them into their doctrine; where they remain to this day. Through Soviet doctrine; they have become fundamental to the practice of many other armies. Bruchmuller's influence in shaping the former Soviet Army has also been mirrored in the shape of those armies designed to oppose it.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Brilliant analysis of the Affair of the PoisonsBy FrenchTurkBrilliant analysis of the Affair of the Poisons. One chapter reads like an Agatha Christie murder mystery transposed to the seventeenth-century.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. I regret waiting so longBy Giordano ParedrosI regret waiting so long before reading this book. It is a excellent account of the incident in French political history known as the Affair of the Poisons. Mollenauer has well researched her subject by penetrating the archives of the Bibliotheque l'Arsenal and Bastille. It makes for good reading as well as for me a jumping off point for further research into more arcane corners of the demimonde of French society. It was a world of fortune tellers; sorcerers; renegade clergy; and assorted criminals. My specific interest is less political history but bibliographical. I am especially interested in magic handbooks; how they came about; and how they were put to use particularly by this subclass whose clientele reached into high levels of power within the court of Louis XIV. Mollenauer's sources include the interrogation records of the Paris chief of police Gabriel-Nicolas de la Reynie; who has been compared perhaps unjustly to the Joseph McCarthy of his day.In closing; I would like to mention the French movie made in 1955 of "L'affaire des poisons"; but I only fouind excerpts posted on youtube.
