The House Of Krupp
New York: Stein & Day, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. First edition (stated), first printing. Near fine, a tough of fade to the edges of the boards, in fine dust jacket with a miniscule fault edge of the bottom spine front fold. Hardcover. 333 pp. with bibliography, index. Illustrated with photos. The story of the dynasty behind the German armaments factories that forged cannons with which Bismark smashed Austria and France, with which Kaiser Wilhelm destroyed Belgian fortifications in 1914, makers of the "Long Max" that shelled Paris, and "Fat Gustav", the biggest cannon ever made---for Hitler. Also for Hitler, the company manufactured the heavy artillery, tanks, and U-Boats with which Germany tried to conquer the world in a war that took countless millions of lives. Near Fine / fine. Item #E36401
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