بازوهای کروپ: ظهور و سقوط سلسله صنعتی که آلمان را در جنگ مسلح کرد

A masterwork of history restored to print and made available for the first time in trade paperback.In this massive, compellingly readable book, Americas preeminent biographer/historian brings to life Europes richest, most powerful family, a 400-year dynasty that developed the worlds most technologically advanced weapons (from cannons to submarines to anti-aircraft guns) provided arms to generations of German leaders, including the Kaiser and Hitler operated private concentration camps during the Nazi era survived conviction at Nuremberg and wielded enormous influence on the course of world events. William Manchesters account of the rise and fall of the Krupp dynasty is history as it should be written, alive with all its terrifying power.