With scant regard for careerist ambition, Guderian, in a nominally lower position had done enough to establish his military fame for all time to fill the place in history with all men of action. Guderian’s attitude may be inbred with unrepentant militarism, but his basic assumptions wre a necessity to military service. His brusque honesty which many a time brought him in conflict with his superiors and with Hitler and his pugnacity that made his such a dynamic ...