The Germans in Their Century: 1890-1990

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Germans in Their Century: 1890-1990
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Christian Graf Krockow
Translated by Reicke Schweitzer
Preface by Konrad H. Jarausch
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:352
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
ISBN/Barcode 9780719080869
ClassificationsDewey:943.08
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Illustrations Maps

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 1 October 2009
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Why did Bismarck's new German State Degenerate into Hitler's Third Reich? What happened to Europes leading industrial nation - cultural heirs to Kant, Goethe, Durer and Bach? How did East and West Germany diverge after 1945? In this unique and controversial study the author - Prussian aristocrat, writer, scholar, historian and patriot - fearlessly explores German social mores, political structures and national psyche over several centuries. V. Krockow draws some sobering and novel conclusions about the unfolding drama in general and the Holocaust in particular. First published in 1990 to coincide with the fall of the Berlin Wall, the German edition sold widely. This first translation now makes it available to English-speaking readers worldwide. -- .

Author Biography

Christian Graf von Krockow (1927 - 2002) was a German writer and political scientist; Konrad H. Jarausch is Lurcy Professor of European Civilization at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Reicke Schweitzer is retired and lives with his wife in Brighton