Gordon Alexander Craig Boeken

Recognized by historians and politicians as a model for European unity, Switzerland is nonetheless a difficult country to understand as a whole. Whereas individual Swiss cities have strong identities in the international political, cultural, and economic arenas, the country itself seems to be less than the sum of its parts. To capture the elusive spirit of Switzerland, four eminent writers explore the roots of its political unity and cultural diversity in a series of urban portraits. Their observations make for both good storytelling and insightful social commentary

Suitable for upper division courses in Diplomatic History, Diplomacy and Statecraft, or history of foreign relations. This title is divided into three parts: the first section is a survey of international history and diplomacy; the second part is about specific problems; and the third explores ethics and other restraints on force and statecraft.

They have given mankind unique triumphs in science, literature, philosophy, music, and art. They have also produced Hitler and the Holocaust. They are romantic and conservative, idealistic and practical, proud and insecure, ruthless and good-natured. They are, in short, the Germans. In this definitive history, Professor Gordon A. Craig, one of the world’s premier authorities on Germany, comes to grips with the complex paradoxes at the heart of the German identity. His masterly study explores the roots of many contemporary institutions in German history and closely examines such topics as religion, money, Germans and Jews, women, professors and students, romantics, literature and society, soldiers, Berlin, and the German language. Craig also discusses the events surrounding the fall of the Berlin Wall and the German reunification, while offering invaluable insights into Germany’s pivotal role in world affairs for over a century.

A history of the rise & fall of united Germany, which lasted only 75 years from its 1870 establishment by Bismark. Suitable for A Level & upwards. In the History of Modern Europe series. Preface The unification of Germany, 1866-71 The institutional structure of the empire The consolidation of the empire: politics & economics, 1871-79 Ideology & interest: the limitations of diplomacy, 1871-90 The campaign against social democracy & Bismarck's fall, 1879-90 Religion, education & the arts The new course & the deterioration of Germany's foreign position, 1890-97 Political parties, interest groups & the failure of the Reichstag, 1890-1914 Weltpolitik, navalism & the coming of the war, 1897-1914 The Great War, 1914-18 From Kiel to Kapp: the aborted revolution, 1918-20 Reparations, inflation & the crisis of 1923 Weimar culture Party politics & foreign policy, 1924-30 The end of Weimar The Nazi dictatorship: the instruments of power The Nazi revolution: economic & social developments Cultural decline & political resistance Hitler & Europe: foreign policy, 1933-39 Hitler's war, 1939-45 Appendix List of Books & Articles Cited Index

In this collection of 30 superb essays, Gordon A. Craig, distinguished historian of Germany, examines German politics and culture from the 18th century to the present. Topics range from the political history of Germany from 1770 to 1866, Bismarck, Emperor William II, Germany and the First World War, Thomas Mann, and the architects Karl Friedrich Schinkel and Gottfried Semper. He considers the Third Reich -- its political history, major figures, foreign policy and the coming of the war, and varieties of resistance to Nazism before and during the war. He also considers Jews in Germany in the 19th century, the Rothschilds, and the years of persecution as described by Victor Klemperer. He documents the remarkable rebirth of German democracy after 1945, including the cultural history and political significance of Berlin, and Germans' continuing struggle with the past.

Gordon A. Craigs erfolgreiches Buch "Deutsche Geschichte 1866-1945" ist eine umfassende Darstellung nicht nur der Geschichte von Staat, Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft, sondern auch der Entwicklung von Erziehung und Kultur vom Kaiserreich bis zur Epoche des Nationalsozialismus.

Geschichte Europas 1815 - 1980. Vom Wiener Kongreß Bis Zur Gegenwart

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