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Malcolm asked him: "Do you mean, General, that you were stabbed in the back?" Ludendorff's eyes lit up and he leapt upon the phrase like a dog on a bone. "Stabbed in the back?" he repeated. "Yes, that's it, exactly, we were stabbed in the back". And thus was born a legend which has never entirely perished. [27]
A stab-in-the-back syndrome never developed after Vietnam." [11] However, the historian Ben Buley has written that Summers' book is actually one of the most significant exponents of the myth, in a subtle form in which the military is criticized, but the primary responsibility for the defeat lies with civilian policymakers. [11]
In exile, Ludendorff wrote numerous books and articles about the German military's conduct of the war while forming the foundation for the Dolchstosslegende, the "stab-in-the-back theory," for which he is considered largely responsible, [63] insisting that a domestic crisis had sparked Germany's surrender while the military situation held firm ...
The Stab-in-the-back myth, the belief that the German Army did not lose World War I militarily, but was defeated by a treasonous "stab in the back" by civilians, in particular Jews and Socialists. Vietnam stab-in-the-back myth, a similar belief concerning the United States' loss of the Vietnam War
Stabbing differs from slashing or cutting in that the motion of the object used in a stabbing generally moves perpendicular to and directly into the victim's body, rather than being drawn across it. Stabbings have been common among gangs and in prisons because knives are cheap, easy to acquire (or manufacture), easily concealable and relatively ...
The COP 28 climate deal reached with huge fanfare this week in Dubai is a stab in the back for the nations most affected by global warming and won't stop temperatures rising beyond critical levels ...
Drake has called out friends who might “stab you in the back” amid his ongoing feud with Kendrick Lamar. Drake, 37, was seen taking the mic to share his thoughts at Tyrone Edwards’ Nostalgia ...
Stab wounds occur four times more than gunshot wounds in the United Kingdom, but the mortality rate associated with stabbing has ranged from 0–4% as 85% of injuries sustained from stab wounds only affect subcutaneous tissue. [7] [9] [27] In Belgium, most assaults resulting in a stab wound occur to and by men and persons of ethnic minorities. [28]