Books written by Dennis Showalter

Patton and Rommel: Men of War in the Twentieth Century

Patton and Rommel is the first single-volume study to deal with the parallel lives of two generals who earned not only the loyalty and admiration of their own men, but the respect of their enemies, and the enmity of the leaders they swore ...
Frederick the Great: A Military History

From a renowned military historian and winner of a Pritzker Literature Award, this book provides a refreshing, multidimensional depiction of Frederick the Great and an objective, detailed reappraisal of his military, political, and social ...
Hitler's Panzers: The Lightning Attacks that Revolutionized Warfare

In Hitler's Panzers, Showalter presents a comprehensive study of Germany's armored forces.
Hitler's Panzers: The Lightning Attacks that Revolutionized Warfare

In Hitler's Panzers, Showalter presents a comprehensive study of Germany's armored forces.
The Cambridge History of War: Volume 4, War and the Modern World

This is a comprehensive guide to every facet of modern war from strategy and operations to its social, cultural, technological and political contexts and legacies.
Instrument of War: The German Army 1914–18

Detailing the major campaigns on the Western and Eastern fronts and the forgotten war fought in the Middle East and Africa, this comprehensive volume, now publishing in paperback, examines the army's operational strategy, the complexities ...
Instrument of War: The German Army 1914–18

Detailing the major campaigns on the Western and Eastern fronts and the forgotten war fought in the Middle East and Africa, this comprehensive volume, now publishing in paperback, examines the army's operational strategy, the complexities ...
The German Failure in Belgium, August 1914: How Faulty Reconnaissance Exposed the Weakness of the Schlieffen Plan

But there were institutional weaknesses as well. This book examines the structural failures that frustrated the Germans in the war's crucial initial campaign, the invasion of Belgium.