Compelling… An important accomplishment for anyone with an interest in modern European history.

Kirkus Reviews

[A] masterpiece of historical interpretation… While innumerable works have analyzed the outbreak of both world wars in detail, these few pages present what most scholars regard as the last word on the question of German responsibility in each case…[and] shed considerable light on the entire course of German history. Thus all readers, whether specialties in the subject or not, can profit immensely from Hillgruber’s judicious assessment.

Library Journal

The force, cogency, and subtlety of Hillgruber’s presentation is matched only by his unexampled command of documentary materials… It is authoritative and compelling—a modern historical classic that should gain the highest esteem and widest public.

- Rudolph Binion,

One of the most hotly disputed topics in twentieth-century history has been Germany’s share of responsibility—its “guilt”—for the outbreak of the two world wars. In this short, penetrating study, Europe’s leading authority on German power politics clarifies the dispute and offers insight into this central question about modern Germany.
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1. From Great Power Policy to World Policy 2. The Return of the Great Powers to Europe 3. The German Leadership in the Crisis of July 1914 4. New German Foreign Policy Objectives, 1914-1918 5. Hitler's Program 6. Hitler's Foreign Policy and the Alignment of the Powers, 1933-1939 7. Hitler, Stalin, and the British Government: August 1939 8. Hitler's Road to His War, 1940-1941 9. Hitler's World Policy from Triumph to Catastrophe Notes Selected Bibliography Index
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The force, cogency, and subtlety of Hillgruber's presentation is matched only by his unexampled command of documentary materials...It is authoritative and compelling--a modern historical classic that should gain the highest esteem and widest public. -- Rudolph Binion
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780674353220
Publisert
1982-09-15
Utgiver
Harvard University Press; Harvard University Press
Vekt
204 gr
Høyde
238 mm
Bredde
159 mm
Dybde
6 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
136

Forfatter
Oversetter

Om bidragsyterne

Andreas Hillgruber is Professor of History, University of Cologne. William C. Kirby is Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration and T. M. Chang Professor of China Studies at Harvard University, as well as Chair of the Harvard China Fund and Faculty Chair of the Harvard Center Shanghai. His many books include Can China Lead? Reaching the Limits of Power and Growth.