author
Friedrich von Bernhardi
1849–1930
A Prussian general and military historian, he became internationally famous before World War I for writing about war, strategy, and Germany’s place in Europe. His books made him one of the era’s most talked-about military authors—and one of its most controversial.
3 Audiobooks
Germany and the Next War
by Friedrich von Bernhardi
Cavalry in Future Wars
by Friedrich von Bernhardi
Cavalry A Popular Edition of "Cavalry in War and Peace"
by Friedrich von Bernhardi
About the author
Born in Saint Petersburg on November 22, 1849, Friedrich von Bernhardi came from a Baltic German family and went on to serve in the Prussian army. He fought in the Franco-Prussian War, later held senior military posts, and became known both as a cavalry officer and as a writer on military history and strategy.
Bernhardi is best remembered today for Germany and the Next War (1911), a book that argued in aggressive terms for war and national expansion. The work drew wide attention outside Germany in the years just before World War I and helped shape his reputation as a leading militarist voice of the period.
Alongside his military career, he wrote extensively on war, history, and strategy, becoming a best-selling author before the First World War. He died on July 11, 1930, at Kunnersdorf near Hirschberg in Lower Silesia.