Cäsar Rüstow was a Prussian

Kingdom of Prussia

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 soldier

Soldier

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 and military writer

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The brother of Friedrich Wilhelm Rüstow

Friedrich Wilhelm Rüstow

Friedrich Wilhelm Rüstow was a 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 served for some years, until the publication of Der deutsche Militärstaat vor und während der Revolution...

 and Alexander Rüstow

Alexander Rüstow (soldier)

Alexander Rüstow was a Prussian soldier and military writer from Brandenburg an der Havel. The brother of Friedrich Wilhelm Rüstow and Caesar Rüstow, he is remembered for his work Der Kustenkrieg...

, Cäsar Rüstow was one of the foremost experts of his time in the design and construction of military rifle

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s, and the writer of several treatises on that subject, notably Die Kriegshandfeuerwaffen (Berlin

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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 Alexander Rüstow

Alexander Rüstow

Alexander Rüstow was a German sociologist and economist. He originated the term neoliberalism meant as a synonym for Ordoliberalism but the term has undergone a change of meaning. He was one of the fathers of the "Social Market Economy" that shaped the economy of West-Germany after World War II...

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Works

• Leitfaden der Waffenlehre, Erfurt, 1855, New Edition: Sommer, Anton; 2006 (ISBN 3902539402)
• 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