The Germans
With a new afterword by the author
$53.57
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
1 September 1991
Summary
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 t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780452010857 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0452010853 |
| Author: | Gordon A. Craig |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | New American Library |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 1991 |
| Weight: | 403g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 20mm |
| Series: | Meridian S. |
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About The Author
Gordon A. Craig
Gordon A. Craigwas aScottish-Americanhistorian ofGerman and diplomatic history. He studied history at Princeton and was aRhodes Scholarat Balliol College,Oxford, before serving in the US Marine Corps during World War II.In 1941, he coeditedthe bookMakers of Modern Strategy- Military Thought from Machiavelli to Hitler, which was intended to serve as a strategic thinking guide for military leaders during World War II. Some of Craig’s other books include The Germans;The Politics of the Prussian Army 1640-1945; Europe Since 1914; The End of Prussia;Force and Statecraft- Diplomatic Problems of Our Time; and Politics and Culture in Modern Germany. Craig was unique in that he envisioned history as less of a social science and more of a human discipline, seeking to interconnect the study of history with the study of literature. Gordon A. Craig passed away in 2005.
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