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Explicitly described as 'a brilliant book on Germany and Austria in the Central Powers in the First War' - used to discuss Germany's strategic position and the audacious nature of the Schlieffen Plan

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Explicitly called 'Max Hastings's brilliant book' - used to describe scenes of German infantry being cut down at Liège and later to list German atrocities in Belgian villages

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Described as 'a brilliant study of this by two Irish historians' - referenced for their analysis of German institutional memory of the Franco-Prussian War and fears about franc-tireurs, as well as the composition of German soldiers (teenagers, poorly trained, frightened)

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Referenced as a German historian writing in the 1960s who argued for continuity between the Wilhelmine Empire and the Third Reich, examining German war aims and goals