Description: Conveying the full sweep of German history from the Romans to the fall of theBerlin Wall, the author explains Germany's past and present with lavish colorillustrations and halftones and an elegantly written text. Maps & tables.
Brief description: Hagen Schulze is Director of the German Historical Institute, London and Professor of European History at the Free University of Berlin.
Review Quotes: [Hagen Schulze provides] a clear summary of the major political, social and intellectual developments that shaped a nation...His overview of German culture is a model of clarity and perception. Moreover, his willingness to examine the fundamental, and often ambiguous, nature of German society is to be applauded, as is whole-hearted rejection of the vision of a Germany based around a single purpose or set of common values...This remains an impressive and well-conceived work which will no doubt inform and entertain for years to come.--John Callow "Tribune"