An Army Without a Country: Prussias Cult of the Military and the Road to World War One

Published: Dec. 31, 2020, 7:45 a.m.

Almost no society worshipped its military as much as the German state of Prussia in the 1700s-1800s (outside of ancient Sparta). Prussia was famously described as not a country with an army but an army with a country. That's because during the 18th...