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Today the problems of reunification seem to feature more often in the international spotlight than the benefits. This timely volume offers a reassessment of Germany's postwar development from its in……続きを見る

Der Westen Europas im Jahre 506: Nach der Auflösung des Imperiums haben die Franken das römische Erbe in weiten Teilen Galliens und Germaniens angetreten. Nichts scheint den Siegeszug Chlodwigs aufh……続きを見る

Es sind im Herbst 2014 genau 25 Jahre vergangen, seit sich die Berliner Mauer öffnete. Doch trotz der kurzen Zeitspanne erscheint vielen Menschen in Deutschland - und erst recht der seither aufgewac……続きを見る

Based on a detailed examination of specific aspects of Nazi propaganda, this book (originally published in 1983) enhances the understanding of National Socialism by revealing both its power and its ……続きを見る

When originally published in 1991, this book was the first systematic, detailed evaluation of the social structure of the Nazi Party in several regions of Germany during its so-called Kampfzeit phas……続きを見る

This examination of Hitler’s stormtroopers provides vital insights into the collapse of the Weimar Republic and the establishment of the Nazi state. Drawing on a wide range of archival sources and e……続きを見る

"In the Bosnian town of Sarajevo on the morning of June 28, 1914, a chauffeur misunderstood his instructions, made the wrong turn, tried too late to correct his blunder, and in so doing, delivered h……続きを見る

German colonialism is a thriving field of study. From North America to Japan, within Germany, Austria and Switzerland, scholars are increasingly applying post-colonial questions and methods to the s……続きを見る

Dr. Georg Heim (1865-1938) war einer der populärsten Politiker der Prinzregentenzeit und der Weimarer Republik. Fast 40 Jahre lang bestimmte er maßgeblich die bayerische und die Reichspolitik mit: a……続きを見る

König Ludwig III. bestieg im Jahr 1913 den bayerischen Thron. Bereits vor seinem Regierungsantritt hatte sich der unkonventionelle Wittelsbacher politisch einen Namen als überzeugter Föderalist und ……続きを見る

A selection from The Magic Lantern, Timothy Garton Ash’s classic first-person history of the Revolution of ’89 and the end of the Cold Warーan on-the-ground glimpse of the fall of the Berlin Wall. “……続きを見る

Quedlinburg atmet Geschichte: Bis heute besticht die Silhouette der UNESCO-Welterbestadt durch zahlreiche gut erhaltene Stadttürme. Über 2100 Fachwerkhäuser, mittelalterliche Kirchen, stattliche Ade……続きを見る

How the political events of 1989 shaped Europe after the Cold War 1989 explores the momentous events following the fall of the Berlin Wall and the effects they have had on our world ever since. Base……続きを見る

Immer wieder musste die einzige Reichsstadt in Mainfranken mit den benachbarten Würzburger Bischöfen um ihre staatliche Unabhängigkeit ringen - seit Einführung der Reformation 1542 auch im konfessio……続きを見る

Der wirtschaftliche Aufstieg Münchens zur mächtigsten Handelsstadt und schließlich zur Residenzstadt des Herzogtums Bayern ließ bald auch die Kriminalität ansteigen, und so hören wir schon im 13. Ja……続きを見る

A young mother dies in agony. Was it a natural death, murderーor witchcraft? On the night of the festive holiday of Shrove Tuesday in 1672 Anna Fessler died after eating one of her neighbor's butter……続きを見る

Studying the period 1870 to 1990 and offering an opinion on future developments, this book examines threats to European stability from such countries as Germany and Russia. Topics covered range from……続きを見る

Representing the scholarship of historians who have largely based their findings on previously unpublished material, this volume (originally published in 1978) provides a critical and provocative as……続きを見る

When originally published in 1985 this was the first detailed study of business in Nazi Germany. Drawing on a wealth of new evidence from government and private archives, the book throws light on th……続きを見る

The most influential and substantial leader, after Hitler, in the pre-1933 National Socialist Party was Gregor Strasser. This book (originally published in 1983 but as yet not superseded) is a compr……続きを見る

"Am Anfang war Napoleon" - auch in Bayern. "Das Königreich Bayern war die logischste und dauerhafteste Schöpfung, die vom napoleonischen Deutschland geblieben ist. Nirgendwo ist der Einfluss des neu……続きを見る

In the years preceding publication of this book in 1986 much progress was made in identifying the social sources of support for Hitler’s NSDAP and in determining the tactics employed by the party to……続きを見る

The Weimar period in Germany was a time of radical change, when the traditions and social hierarchies of Imperial Germany crumbled, and a young, deeply conflicted republic emerged. Modernity brought……続きを見る

This book analyses some of the fundamental reasons for the triumph of National Socialism in 1933. Written in 1983 by historians at Canadian, American and British universities, it provides a clear an……続きを見る

Als ein Kind launiger Muse will Erasmus von Rotterdam seine weltberühmte Schrift Das Lob der Narrheit beurteilt wissen. In dem Widmungsbriefe an den jüngeren, damals (1498) zwanzigjährigen Thomas Mo……続きを見る

Germany and the Holy Roman Empire offers a striking new interpretation of a crucial era in German and European history, from the great reforms of 1495-1500 to the dissolution of the Reich in 1806. O……続きを見る

A remarkable series of over 200 eye-witness accounts taken from diaries, letters, speeches, interviews and memoirs of those who were there: pilots, sailors, generals, infantrymen, war correspondents……続きを見る

The abuse of power, genocide, the destruction of total war, unimaginable cruelty and the suffering of millions were all central features of Hitler's Nazi regime. Yet the Nazis were also highly succe……続きを見る

Im Sommer 1890 wurden zwei junge Mädchen, die den Kreisen der besseren Gesellschaft angehörten, von ihren Angehörigen vermisst. Man wusste, dass sie sich infolge einer chiffrierten Zeitungsannonce a……続きを見る

Erwin Rommel is the best-known German field commander of World War II. Repeatedly decorated for valor during the First World War, he would go on to lead the German Panzer divisions in France and Nor……続きを見る