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Paul Nathan, Jewish Author “Die Enttaeuschungen unserer Gegner”, 1st ed., 1914, in German, Avant-Garde Litho cover. - Paul Nathan, Jewish Author “Die Enttaeuschungen unserer Gegner”, 1st ed., 1914, in German, Avant-Garde Litho cover. August–September–Oktober. Eine Vierteljahrsabrechnung Stuttgart und Berlin, 1914, 35 pp. Avant-Garde black/ red Lithographed soft cover, size: 23.5 x 16 cm. Condition: foxing stains to cover and several pages The work Die Enttaeuschungen unserer Gegner. August–September–Oktober. Eine Vierteljahrsabrechnung (1914) by Paul Nathan is a short political pamphlet published as part of the series Der deutsche Krieg. Politische Flugschriften (“The German War. Political Pamphlets”). The title translates to “The Disappointments of Our Opponents: August–September–October. A Quarterly Account”. It offers a political and strategic analysis of the first three months of World War I from the German perspective, emphasizing how the military and political expectations of Germany’s enemies were not fulfilled. Written in the early wartime propaganda style, the text reviews events from August to October 1914, portraying Germany as successfully countering and frustrating the plans of the Allied powers, and presenting these outcomes as evidence of German strength and resilience. Paul Nathan (1857 – 1927) was a German Jewish journalist, politician, and social activist known for his sharp political commentary and for championing liberal and humanitarian causes.