Project Gutenberg 2025-06-27 Public domain in the USA. 191 Freytag-Loringhoven, Hugo Friedrich Philipp Johann, Freiherr von 1855 1924 Freytag-Loringhoven, Frhr. v. Freytag-Loringhoven, Baron von 18005493 Deductions from the World War $aNew York :$bG. P. Putnam's Sons, $c1918. Sequel: A nation trained in arms or a militia? ... Al Haines "Deductions from the World War" by Freytag-Loringhoven is a military treatise written in the early 20th century. It distills lessons from the Great War on strategy, leadership, national psychology, technology, and the political–economic foundations of power, arguing from a German general’s perspective for rigorous, future-oriented preparation. The work is analytical and unapologetically realist, aimed at officers and an informed public seeking to understand how states must organize for modern, total war. The opening of the work introduces the author’s career and authority, explains the book’s intended German audience and restricted circulation, and frames its core claim that war is rooted in human nature. The foreword argues that even before the conflict ends, nation and army must reexamine policy, economics, and organization to draw practical conclusions. The first chapters survey the Central Powers’ unfavorable coalition position, the entente’s maritime and economic advantages, and the rise of world-economics and sea power as decisive factors; they also recount how occupations and Balkan campaigns pursued strategic and economic aims, and how a missed decisive victory early in the West lengthened the war. A chapter on mass psychology contrasts national armies and morale across France, Britain, Russia, and Austria-Hungary, attributing endurance and success chiefly to moral strength and discipline. The discussion of technology highlights railways, telegraphy, aircraft, heavy artillery, gas, and field fortification, arguing that fortified zones and elastic defense now shape operations more than old-style fortresses. The early section on leadership insists that, despite new weapons, decision still turns on command and will, weighing envelopment versus breakthrough, explaining entrenched warfare’s rise, and justifying selective withdrawals to stronger lines to conserve forces and economic assets. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/deductionsfromwo01frey 20250527224855freytaglor 1918 US Reading ease score: 51.7 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en World War, 1914-1918 War Germany. Heer D501 Text Category: History - European Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Warfare 240843 2025-07-30T07:11:13.859775 text/html 214460 2025-06-27T21:58:29 text/html 419036 2025-07-30T07:11:17.493717 application/epub+zip 422149 2025-07-30T07:11:14.482738 application/epub+zip 140923 2025-07-30T07:11:14.154770 application/epub+zip 495116 2025-07-30T07:11:19.902718 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 480539 2025-07-30T07:11:17.189759 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 217494 2025-07-30T07:11:13.531783 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 197701 2025-06-27T21:58:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 14429 2025-07-30T07:11:20.037704 application/rdf+xml 14234 2025-07-30T07:11:14.242742 image/jpeg 2223 2025-07-30T07:11:14.198769 image/jpeg 602689 2025-07-30T07:11:13.888781 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia