Until you’ve consumed all of the best German History books, can you even claim to be a true fan?
- The Shortest History of Germany: From Julius Caesar to Angela Merkel―A Retelling for Our Times (2019)
- Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947 (2009)
- A Concise History of Germany (Cambridge Concise Histories) (2019)
- A Concise History of Germany (Cambridge Concise Histories) , Second Edition (2004)
- Germany: Memories of a Nation (2017)
- D DAY Through German Eyes – The Hidden Story of June 6th 1944 (2016)
- Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home (2019)
- A Mighty Fortress: A New History of the German People (2005)
- The Germans (1991)
- A History of Germany in the Middle Ages (2017)
- Stationen, 2nd Edition (World Languages) (2011)
- The Nazi Revolution: Hitler’s Dictatorship and the German Nation (Problems in European Civilization) (1997)
- Humanist Manifestos I and II (No. I & II) (1973)
- The Oxford Handbook of Modern German History (Oxford Handbooks) (2015)
The Shortest History of Germany: From Julius Caesar to Angela Merkel―A Retelling for Our Times (2019)
A country both admired and feared, Germany has been the epicenter of world events time and again: the Reformation, both World Wars, the fall of the Berlin Wall. It did not emerge as a modern nation until 1871—yet today, Germany is the world’s fourth-largest economy and a standard-bearer of liberal democracy.
Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947 (2009)
In the aftermath of World War II, Prussia–a centuries-old state pivotal to Europe’s development–ceased to exist. In their eagerness to erase all traces of the Third Reich from the earth, the Allies believed that Prussia, the very embodiment of German militarism, had to be abolished.But as Christopher Clark reveals in this pioneering history, Prussia’s legacy is far more complex.
A Concise History of Germany (Cambridge Concise Histories) (2019)
This third edition of Mary Fulbrook’s much-admired and popular introduction to German history provides a clear and informative guide to the twists and turns of the story of the German lands and peoples from the early middle ages to the present day. Crisply synthesising a vast array of historical material, Fulbrook explores the interrelationships between social, political and cultural factors in the light of scholarly controversies.
A Concise History of Germany (Cambridge Concise Histories) , Second Edition (2004)
The multi-faceted, problematic history of the German lands has supplied material for a wide range of debates and differences of interpretation. This second edition spans the early Middle Ages to the present day, synthesizing a vast array of historical material. Mary Fulbrook explores the interrelationships between social, political and cultural factors in the light of the latest scholarly controversies.
Germany: Memories of a Nation (2017)
For the past 140 years, Germany has been the central power in continental Europe. Twenty-five years ago a new German state came into being.
D DAY Through German Eyes – The Hidden Story of June 6th 1944 (2016)
This new paperback edition contains Book One and Book Two of this series, revealing the hidden side of D Day which has fascinated readers around the world. Almost all accounts of D Day are told from the Allied perspective. But what was it like to be a German soldier in the bunkers of the Normandy coast, facing the onslaught of the mightiest invasion in history?
Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home (2019)
Nora Krug was born decades after the fall of the Nazi regime, but the Second World War cast a long shadow over her childhood and youth in the city of Karlsruhe, Germany. Yet she knew little about her own family’s involvement; though all four grandparents lived through the war, they never spoke of it.
A Mighty Fortress: A New History of the German People (2005)
The word “German” was being used by the Romans as early as the mid–first century B.C. to describe tribes in the eastern Rhine valley. Nearly two thousand years later, the richness and complexity of German history have faded beneath the long shadow of the country’s darkest hour in World War II.
The Germans (1991)
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.
A History of Germany in the Middle Ages (2017)
Yet, apart from a few well-known leaders, little is often known about medieval Germany. Ernest F. Henderson’s A History of Germany in the Middle Ages aimed to rectify this by bringing to the fore a full history of Germany from the fourth century to the thirteenth century.
Stationen, 2nd Edition (World Languages) (2011)
STATIONEN: EIN KURSBUCH FÜR DIE MITTELSTUFE, Second Edition is an innovative, intermediate German program that combines engaging cultural topics with authentic readings and contextualized grammar in a unifying context. Each chapter of STATIONEN revolves around a city or region in the German-speaking world.
The Nazi Revolution: Hitler’s Dictatorship and the German Nation (Problems in European Civilization) (1997)
This successful anthology explores the Nazi movement in the context of German history and society.
Humanist Manifestos I and II (No. I & II) (1973)
This is a stirring document outlining a philosophy for survival and fulfilment in our time. Signed by Andrei Sakharov, B.F.
The Oxford Handbook of Modern German History (Oxford Handbooks) (2015)
This is the first comprehensive, multi-author survey of German history that features cutting-edge syntheses of major topics by an international team of leading scholars. Emphasizing demographic, economic, and political history, this Handbook places German history in a denser transnational context than any other general history of Germany.
Best German History Books Worth Your Attention
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A History of Germany, 1800 to the Present
Author(s): William Carr, David Wetzel
ID: 3536776, Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, Year: 2023, Size: 110 Mb, Format: pdf
Sexuality in Modern German History
Author(s): Katie Sutton
ID: 3632415, Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, Year: 2023, Size: 17 Mb, Format: pdf
Iron and Blood: A Military History of the German-Speaking Peoples since 1500
Author(s): Peter H. Wilson
ID: 3638779, Publisher: Belknap Press, Year: 2023, Size: 16 Mb, Format: pdf
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