Great Powers

Well-researched and impressively scholarly … superb – Simon Heffer * Sunday Telegraph *
Deftly combines masterly coverage of politics with social and cultural history – Richard J. Evans
Great Powers should be read far and wide – on both sides of the North Sea – Katja Hoyer * Spectator *
Both illuminating and a pleasure to read – Ian Kershaw
Swims along like a river in spate, swirling up alluring backwaters and diving into pools full of surprises – Ferdinand Mount * Literary Review *
Rüger’s ambitious history of the Anglo-German love-hate relationship is not only timely but essential reading – Daniel Johnson * The Critic *
A deeply humane reading of a dreadful human tragedy – Neil MacGregor
Splendid … a work of remarkable scope, erudition and relevance – Brendan Simms * Engelsberg Ideas *

Jan Rëger is Professor of History at Birkbeck, University of London. An acclaimed scholar of modern British and German history, he is the author of The Great Naval Game: Britain and Germany in the Age of Empire and Heligoland: Britain, Germany, and the Struggle for the North Sea, which was shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize.

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