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Moltke, Helmuth von (The Elder)

Helmuth von Moltke [The Elder] (1800-1891) was a Prussian field marshal who was the architect of the victories of 1866 and 1870. Moltke was also the creator of the modern staff system.

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The Moltke Myth by Terence Zuber
Call Number: 943.08 Z93m
Publication Date: 2008
Moltke and the German Wars, 1864-1871 by Arden Bucholz
Call Number: 92 M729b
Publication Date: 2001
The Operational Leadership of Helmuth von Moltke by Gary J. Ohls
Call Number: M-U 41662 O37o
Publication Date: 1994
Moltke by William O. Morris
Call Number: 92 M729m
Publication Date: 1971
Moltke the Elder by Theodore E. Dorris
Call Number: M-U 35582-7 D716m
Publication Date: 1965

Helmuth von Moltke and the Prussian‐German Development of a Decentralised Style of Command: Metz and Sedan 1870 by R.R. Davis.
Defence Studies 5, no. 1:83-95 March 2005.
A Command Philosophy for the Information Age: The Continuing Relevance of Mission Command by Jim Storr.
Defence Studies 3, no. 3:119-129 Autumn 2003.
A Reluctant Military Leader? Helmuth von Moltke and the July Crisis of 1914 by A. Mombauer.
War in History 6, no. 4:417-446 November 1999.
Moltke and the German Military Tradition: His Theories and Legacies by Antulio J. Echevarria II.
Parameters 26, no. 1:91-99 Spring 1996.
Field Marshal von Moltke the Elder: His Importance Then and Now by Günter Roth.
Army History 23:1-10 Summer 1992.

Military Doctrine, Command Philosophy and the Generation of Fighting Power: Genesis and Theory by Geoffrey Sloan.
International Affairs 88, no. 2:243-263 March 2012.
The Bundeswehr in the 21st Century – Between Prussia’s Glory and Design by Michael Schoy.
Fort Leavenworth, KS, School of Advanced Military Studies, United States Army Command and General Staff College, January 2011. 57 p.
Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg in the German Resistance to Hitler: Between East and West by Peter Hoffman.
The Historical Journal 31, no. 3:629-650 September 1988.