The Enlightened Soldier: Scharnhorst and the Militarische Gesellschaft in Berlin, 1801-1805 CKB059000 Published: 02/27/1996

Published: 02/27/1996

Author: Betty Boothroyd

Author: Sarah Ruth Hammond

ISBN-13: 9780062132062

Published: 10/11/2005

The Enlightened Soldier: Scharnhorst and the Militarische Gesellschaft in Berlin, 1801-1805 CKB059000 Published: 02/27/1996This volume explores the essence of German military professionalism as exemplified by the nineteenth century Prussian German Staff. The study focuses on the most important Prussian military reformer Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst, who in 1801 founded the Militarische Gesellschaft (Military Society) in Berlin. The Gesellschaft became the focal point for the transformation of the Prussian army from a robotic war machine into a modern fighting