Biographische Angaben:

Holger Afflerbach is Professor of Central European History at the University of Leeds. He specialized in late nineteenth and twentieth century German history; international relations; military history, particularly World War I and World War II; and Austrian and Italian history. Among his publications are the biography of Erich von Falkenhayn, a study of the Triple Alliance, a popular book on the history of the Atlantic Ocean, and an edition of sources from the German Headquarters in World War I. He edited in 2012 with Hew Strachan a volume on the “History of Surrender” and single-authored a book on surrender in 2013 (Die Kunst der Niederlage.).

Afflerbach was in 2012/13 Fellow of the Historische Kolleg, Munich, and in 2014/15 member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He published in 2018 a history of German strategies and war aims during the First World War (Auf Messers Schneide. Wie das Deutsche Reich den Ersten Weltkrieg verlor.)

Ausgewählte Publikationen:

Afflerbach, Holger: Auf Messers Schneide. Wie das Deutsche Reich den Ersten Weltkrieg verlor. C.H. Beck. 2018.

Afflerbach, Holger: Die Kunst der Niederlage. Eine Geschichte der Kapitulation. C.H. Beck. 2013.

Afflerbach, Holger; Strachan, Hew (Hrsg.): How Fighting Ends: A History of Surrender. Oxford University Press. 2012