 German authors who use the word "Mythos" in this neutral manner include , , Jörg Echternkamp, Guido Knopp, and Sandra Mass.The origins of the myth can be found first in Rommel's drive for success as a young officer in World War I, and then in his popular 1937 book "Infanterie Greift An" ("Infantry Attacks") that was written in a style that diverged from the German military literature of the time.The book became a bestseller and was supposedly read by Adolf Hitler.