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The Cambridge Companion to Modern German Culture by Eva Kolinsky Publisher Comments An invaluable guide to developments in German culture from 1871 to the present.... (read more) List Price $31.99 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Modern Germany by Volker R Berghahn Publisher Comments This book provides a comprehensive overview of the development of Germany in the twentieth century, a country whose history has decisively shaped the map and the politics of modern Europe and the world in which we live. It is concerned with social change,... (read more) List Price $41.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Germania: A Personal History of Germans Ancient and Modern. Simon Winder by Simon Winder Publisher Comments A UNIQUE EXPLORATION OF GERMAN CULTURE, FROM SAUSAGE ADVERTISEMENTS TO WAGNER Sitting on a bench at a communal table in a restaurant in Regensburg, his plate loaded with disturbing amounts of bratwurst and sauerkraut made golden by candlelight shining... (read more) Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The German Wars: A Concise History, 1859-1945 by Michael A Palmer Publisher Comments The German Wars: A Concise History, 1859-1945 outlines the history of European warfare from the Wars of German Unification to the end of the World War II. The title aside, the book is not be another history of the German military; it takes a much broader... (read more) List Price $29.00 Your price: $19.43 New - Hardcover
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History of Germany 1918 2000 the Divid by Mary Fulbrook Publisher Comments This accessible study traces the dramatic social, cultural and political tensions in Germany since 1918. For the second edition, revisions have been made to incorporate the results of recent research, an epilogue covering the years 1990-2000 has been... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Brief History of Germany by Jason Philip Coy Publisher Comments The story of Germany, a key player in global diplomatic and economic affairs, is crucial to our understanding of global history and the contemporary world. Covering more than 2,000 years of history, A Brief History of Germany provides a concise account... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Dreams and Delusions: The Drama of German History by Fritz Stern Publisher Comments This highly praised collection of essays by eminent historian Fritz Stern ponders the monumental promise and catastrophe of twentieth-century German history.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Herr Hempel At the German Legation in Dublin 1937-1945 by John Duggan Synopsis This book uniquely focuses on Dr Edward Hempel, German Minister in Dublin from 1937 to 1945, covering the period of the Second World War known in Ireland as 'the Emergency'. It reveals the difficulties experienced by a career diplomat like Hempel of the... (read more) List Price $34.50 Your price: $26.50 New - Trade Paper
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Opa Nobody (American Lives) by Sonya Huber Publisher Comments It had come to this: breast-feeding her screaming three-month-old while sitting on the cigarette-scarred floor of a union hall, lying to her husband so she could attend yet another activist meeting, and otherwise actively self-destructing. Then Sonya... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $14.50 Used - Hardcover
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Einstein's German World by Fritz Stern Publisher Comments "This wide-ranging collection of essays reminds us again that Fritz Stern is a living national treasure--in both Germany and the United States. It will interest and delight anyone who wishes to think deeply about how and why Germany, with all its... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Course of German Nationalism : From Frederick the Great To Bismarck, 1763-1867 (91 Edition) by Hagen Schulze Publisher Comments The arduous path from the colorful diversity of the Holy Roman Empire to the Prussian-dominated German nation-state, Bismarck's German Empire of 1871, led through revolutions, wars and economic upheavals, but also through the cultural splendor of German... (read more) List Price $44.00 Your price: $33.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Future of German Economy: An End to the Miracle by Rebecca Harding Publisher Comments This text offers an interpretation of German economic performance. It covers economic policy and macroeconomic performance since the election of the Schroe der government, the "Alliance of Jobs" employment policy, German corporatism (including finance... (read more) List Price $75.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Divided Nation: A History of Germany, 1918-1990 by Mary Fulbrook Publisher Comments Covering all major aspects of German history from the Weimar Republic through reunification, this new book offers a remarkably rich, insightful survey of a difficult and controversial subject. It integrates East German history more fully than any... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Holy Roman Empire, Reconsidered by Jason Philip Coy Et Al Publisher Comments Over the last two decades historians have promoted the Holy Roman Empire from a creaking fossil ready for history's ax to a relatively effective government of a decentralized, highly diverse polity. This well-edited volume by a distinguished... (read more) List Price $120.00 Your price: $80.40 New - Hardcover
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State and Minorities in Communist East Germany. by Mike And Norman Laporte Dennis Publisher Comments Based on interviews and the voluminous materials in the archives of the SED, the Stasi and central and regional authorities, this volume focuses on several contrasting minorities (Jehovah's Witnesses, Jews, "guest" workers from Vietnam and Mozambique... (read more) List Price $100.00 Your price: $67.00 New - Hardcover
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Bridge Builder: An Insider's Account of Over 60 Years in Postwar Reconstruction, International Diplomacy, and German-American Relation by Walther Leisler Kiep Publisher Comments Walther Leisler Kiep is one of the most independent and influential German post-war politicians. He is also a successful entrepreneur and longtime chairman of Atlantik-Brücke, the influential German-American friendship organization, which he now... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $16.00 Used - Hardcover
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An Invisible Country by Stephan Wackwitz Publisher Comments "Profoundly intelligent . . . Wackwitz's personal study of his nation's dark heritage is a rare gem."-Publishers Weekly(starred review) "Stephan Wackwitz travels the path of classical modernity, following the footsteps of Walter Benjamin, W. G. Sebald... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Forgotten Land: Journeys Among the Ghosts of East Prussia by Max Egremont Publisher Comments Until the end of World War II, East Prussia was the German empires farthest eastern redoubt, a thriving and beautiful land on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea. Now it lives only in history and in myth. Since 1945, the territory has been divided... (read more) Your price: $28.00 New - Hardcover
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On the Natural History of Destruction by Winfried Georg Sebald Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-202).... (read more) Your price: $11.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Why the Germans Lose at War: The Myth of German Military Superiority (Greenhill Military Paperbacks) by Kenneth Macksey Publisher Comments The German armed forces suffered crushing defeat in the last century. Kenneth Macksey examines the reasons behind these catastrophic military failures: the random fortunes of war, or the inevitable result of a particular structure, leadership and history?... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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