Author: Bastiaan Willems
Reviewed by Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Gipper, US Air Force, faculty development scholar, Air University
Through an analysis of the German Wehrmacht\u27s barbarization toward the end of World War II, Violence in Defeat provides a useful and cautionary case study on military effectiveness, distinction, and necessity. Reviewer Daniel Gipper highlights the book\u27s particular contributions to the literature, particularly the examination of German violence against German citizens, which Gipper notes is a widely overlooked event. Gipper also notes the book\u27s value for reexamining long-standing assumptions about unit cohesion.https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters_bookshelf/1037/thumbnail.jp
