The Arms of Krupp 1587-1968 By William Manchester

1968 Hardcover, 1st Edition

Dust Jacket

Little Brown & Company

Good condition

Used

The Arms of Krupp by William Manchester is a comprehensive history of the Krupp dynasty, a powerful German family that built a massive armaments empire, detailing their rise from the Thirty Years' War through the Nazi era and beyond, highlighting their close ties to German leadership, their role in arming Germany for major wars, and their use of forced labor in private concentration camps during WWII. The book explores the family's immense influence on German history, their technical brilliance, and the moral complexities of their business, which armed both the Kaiser and Hitler