From the preeminent British military strategist comes this riveting biography of Manstein, Hitler's most controversial general. Among students of military histo

To many close students of World War II, von Manstein is already considered to be the greatest commander of the war, if not the entire 20th century. He devised t

Most military historians are in agreement that Feldmarschall Erich von Manstein was the most outstanding German high commander of the Second World War. Many vie

During the Nuremberg trials, Leon Goldensohn—a U.S. Army psychiatrist—monitored the mental health of two dozen Germans leaders charged with carrying out gen

Erich von Manstein was one of the most successful German commanders of World War II. His military mind proved outstanding in many a conflict but perhaps his gre