Cäsar Rüstow (18 June 1826 – 4 July 1866) was a

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soldier and military writer. The brother of

Wilhelm Rüstow Friedrich Wilhelm Rüstow (25 May 1821 – 14 August 1878) was a Kingdom of Prussia, Prussian-born Swiss soldier and military writer. Rüstow was born in Brandenburg an der Havel in the Province of Brandenburg. He entered the Prussian Army and s ...

and

Alexander Rüstow Alexander Rüstow (8 April 1885 – 30 June 1963) was a German sociologist and economist. At the Colloque Walter Lippmann in August 1938 he popularised the term "neoliberalism". He became one of the fathers of the "Social Market Economy" that ...

, Cäsar Rüstow was one of the foremost experts of his time in the design and construction of military rifles, and the writer of several treatises on that subject, notably ''Die Kriegshandfeuerwaffen'' (

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, 1857–64). Both Alexander and Cäsar fell on the field of battle in the war of 1866, Cäsar at the Battle of Dermbach. He was the grandfather of the sociologist

Works

* ''Leitfaden der Waffenlehre'', Erfurt, 1855, New Edition: Sommer, Anton; 2006 () * ''Das Miniegewehr'', Erfurt, 1855 * ''Die Kriegshandfeuerwaffen'' Berlin 1857–1864, 2 Vol. * ''Rückblicke auf Preußens Gewehränderung nach Minieschem System'', Erfurt, 1857 * ''Die neueren gezogenen Infanteriegewehre: Ihre wahre Leistungsfähigkeit und die Mittel, dieselbe zu sichern''. 2nd edition, Verlag Zernin, Darmstadt, 1862 1826 births 1866 deaths People from Brandenburg an der Havel German military writers Prussian Army personnel Writers from the Province of Brandenburg German military personnel killed in action Prussian people of the Austro-Prussian War German male non-fiction writers Military personnel from Brandenburg {{Germany-mil-bio-stub