Out Of My Life. Vol.2

London, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1921. - 314 p.Воспоминая фельдмаршала Пауля фон Гинденбурга. Том 2. CONTENTS **From Our Transfer to Main Headquarters to the Collapse of Russia.**My Attitude on Political Questions Preparations for the Coming Campaign The Hostile Offensive in the First Half Of 1917 Our Counterattack in the East The Attack on Italy Further Hostile Attacks in the Second Half Of 1917 A Glance at the Internal Situation of the States and Nations at the End Of 1917 **The Fight for a Decision in the West** The Question of an Offensive in the West Our Three Great Offensive Battles Our Attack Fails **Beyond Our Powers** On The Defensive Chapter Xxiii The Last Battles of Our Allies Toward The End A FOREWORD THE memoirs that follow owe their inception not to any personal inclination to authorship, but to the many requests and suggestions that have been made to me. It is not my intention to write an historical work, but rather to interpret the impressions under which my life has been spent, and to define the principles on which I have considered it my duty to think and act. Nothing was farther from my mind than to write an apology or a controversial treatise, much less an essay in self-glorification. My thoughts, my actions, my mistakes, have been but human. Throughout my life and conduct my criterion has been, not the approval of the world, but my inward convictions, duty, and conscience. The following pages of reminiscences, written in the most tragic days of our Fatherland, have not come into being under the bitter burden of despair. My gaze is steadfastly directed forward and outward. I gratefully dedicate my book to all those who fought with me at home and in the field for the existence and greatness of the Empire. September, 1919 London, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1921. - 314 p. Воспоминая фельдмаршала Пауля фон Гинденбурга. Том 2. CONTENTS From Our Transfer to Main Headquarters to the Collapse of Russia. My Attitude on Political Questions Preparations for the Coming Campaign The Hostile Offensive in the First Half Of 1917 Our Counterattack in the East The Attack on Italy Further Hostile Attacks in the Second Half Of 1917 A Glance at the Internal Situation of the States and Nations at the End Of 1917 The Fight for a Decision in the West The Question of an Offensive in the West Our Three Great Offensive Battles Our Attack Fails Beyond Our Powers On The Defensive Chapter Xxiii The Last Battles of Our Allies Toward The End A FOREWORD THE memoirs that follow owe their inception not to any personal inclination to authorship, but to the many requests and suggestions that have been made to me. It is not my intention to write an historical work, but rather to interpret the impressions under which my life has been spent, and to define the principles on which I have considered it my duty to think and act. Nothing was farther from my mind than to write an apology or a controversial treatise, much less an essay in self-glorification. My thoughts, my actions, my mistakes, have been but human. Throughout my life and conduct my criterion has been, not the approval of the world, but my inward convictions, duty, and conscience. The following pages of reminiscences, written in the most tragic days of our Fatherland, have not come into being under the bitter burden of despair. My gaze is steadfastly directed forward and outward. I gratefully dedicate my book to all those who fought with me at home and in the field for the existence and greatness of the Empire. September, 1919