The Politics of the Unpolitical

Gordon A. Craig is J.E. Wallace Sterling Professor of Humanities, Emeritus, at Stanford University. He is the author of numerous books including The Politics of the Prussian Army, 1640-1945 (1955), and Force and Statecraft

Gordon Craig is a liberal historian of the old school, and an exceptional one ... few will read this book and not sense the presence of a historian who offers a rare combination of learning and belief in the moral value of his subject.