Jackboot - The Story of the German Soldier by Laffin, John:

First edition. xviii, 238 pp. with 66 b/w photographic illustrations. An assessment of the ordinary German soldier from the time of Frederick the Great to the end of the last war. "Every German is a born soldier. He has the virus quality of aggression and fortitude in his blood". Contents: The Army - Frederick the Great's Inheritance, Prussian Drill, The Victories of Rossbach and Leuthen, The Defeat at Valmy, The Disasters at Jena and Auerstadt, Scharnhorst Gneisenau & Clausewitz - The Great Reformers, Blood and Iron, Moltke Introduces Technical Warfare, German Method Versus French Élan - The War of 1870-1, German Army System 1870-1914, Bloodbaths of 1915-16, Psychological Preparation for War, 1933-9 - The Nazi War Cult, Blitzkrieg, The Battle of the Bulge etc. Red boards with gilt lettering on spine. A few spots of foxing on edges. Overall condition VG+. In VG illustrated dust wrapper.