Terence Zuber
Encyclopedia
Terence Zuber is a retired US Army Major. He received a doctor's degree at the University of Würzburg
, Franconia
, Germany in 2001. He is an American
historian
, best known for advancing the controversial thesis that the Schlieffen Plan
as generally understood was a post-World War I
fabrication.
University of Würzburg
The University of Würzburg is a university in Würzburg, Germany, founded in 1402. The university is a member of the distinguished Coimbra Group.-Name:...
, Franconia
Franconia
Franconia is a region of Germany comprising the northern parts of the modern state of Bavaria, a small part of southern Thuringia, and a region in northeastern Baden-Württemberg called Tauberfranken...
, Germany in 2001. He is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
, best known for advancing the controversial thesis that the Schlieffen Plan
Schlieffen Plan
The Schlieffen Plan was the German General Staff's early 20th century overall strategic plan for victory in a possible future war in which the German Empire might find itself fighting on two fronts: France to the west and Russia to the east...
as generally understood was a post-World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
fabrication.
Works
- Inventing the Schlieffen Plan: German War Planning, 1871–1914. Oxford University Press, 2002.
- German War Planning, 1891-1914: Sources and Interpretations. Boydell Press, 2004.
- The Battle of the Frontiers. Ardennes 1914. Tempus, 2007.
- The Moltke Myth. Prussian War Planning 1857-1871 UPA, 2008.
- The Mons Myth. A Reevaluation of the Battle. 2010.
- The Real German War Plan 1904–1914.