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An entertaining, informative and readable book about the rivalries between Britain and Germany over the last hundred years
Don't Mention The War
The British and the Germans since 1890
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464 pages
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30 September 2007
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An entertaining, informative and readable book about the rivalries between Britain and Germany over the last hundred yearsThe Times decided in 1891 that ‘Germany does not excite in any class among us the slightest feeling of distrust or antipathy’ - the zenith of a century in which Britons admired German culture and our monarchy was closely involved with Germany royalty. Yet twenty-five years later began the era of world wars in which Britain and Germany w…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349115399 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349115397 |
| Author: | John Ramsden, Professor John Ramsden |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 30 September 2007 |
| Weight: | 336g |
| Dimensions: | 319mm x 291mm x 33mm |
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Critics Review
“Recommended.“Choice
A lucid, funny history of our attitude to the Germans since the Victorian age, encompassing everything from the Battle of the Somme to Fawlty Towers - Dominic Sandbrook, DAILY TELEGRAPH Books of the Year 2006
Ramsden’s book traces an extraordinary relationship that was central to Europe’s 20th century. In 1890 “an Anglo-German war seemed utterly fantastic” - but in 2001, beating Germany 5-1 could turn “perfectly sane people all over England” mad with joy. DON - GUARDIANGermanophobes and Germanophiles alike will find much to enjoy in this glorious synthesis of anecdotes and prejudices - Dominic Sandbrook, SUNDAY TIMESRamsden’s perambulation through more than a century of inter-state relationships and anecdotes is as amusing as it is enlightening - GLASGOW HERALDAbout The Author
John Ramsden
John Ramsden is Professor of Modern History at Queen Mary, University of London.
Author Location: London, UKThe Man of the Century: Winston Churchill and his legend since 1945 (HarperCollins, 2002) / Oxford Companion to 20th Century British Politics (Oxford University Press, 2005)Returns
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