The Schlieffen Plan: international perspectives on the German strategy for World War I

With the creation of the Franco-Russian Alliance and the failure of the Reinsurance Treaty in the late nineteenth century, Germany needed a strategy for fighting a two-front war.

In response, Field Marshal Count Alfred von Schlieffen produced a study that represented the apex of modern military planning.

In this volume, scholars reassess Schlieffen's work, offering new insights into his impact not only on World War I but also on nearly a century of military historiography.