Blood and Steel: The Rise of the House of Krupp 1938 Bernhard Menne ~ Germany ~ history ~ weapons manufacturer ~ armament industry ~military

Title: Blood and Steel: The Rise of the House of Krupp

Author: Bernhard Menne

Description: Blue-checked cloth with silver lettering and red stripes. Spine and edges of boards show fading. Endpapers browned. Short 1938 gift inscription on front free endpaper, light smudging on a few pages, else internally clean. Five-page bibliography and index. 16 illustrations, mostly from photographs, on plates. Dust jacket chipped at spine ends and corners; light edgewear; not price clipped ($3.00); in an archival mylar sleeve. pp. viii, 424.

A history of the German weapons manufacturer Krupp and the men behind their ''bloody international'' arms trade, telling the story of leading members of the House of Krupp and their dealings with powerful figures in politics. ''From the Franco-Prussian War to the age of Hitler, the House of Krupp has developed not merely a giant industry in guns, shells, ships, and other armaments, but has developed a giant organization and an astute technique for the influence and control of governments and people.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good+
Jacket Condition: Very Good

Publisher: Lee Furman, Inc.
Place: New York
Year: 1938

Keywords: Germany, history, armaments, weapons, manufacturers, Merchants of Death,