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The Course of German History: A Survey of the Development of German History Since 1815

A. J. P. Taylor

Was Nazism a freak accident in German history, or the extreme end of a long drive for mastery in central and eastern Europe?

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Author
A. J. P. Taylor

Why read it

  • You will learn to test the idea that Nazi Germany was a sudden accident by tracing what came before it
  • You will understand how Bismarck, the army and the monarchy shaped a country that put military power first
  • You will see how economic crisis can wear down a republic's defenders and open the door to dictatorship

Who it is for

  • A history student writing about Hitler's rise
  • A traveler or expat in Germany curious about its past
  • A student of politics asking how a democracy slides into dictatorship

Contents

  1. BOOK COVER
  2. TITLE
  3. Introduction by Chris Wrigley
  4. Preface
  5. 1 Divided Germany
  6. 2 The ascendancy of France 1792 1814
  7. 3 The German Confederation
  8. 4 1848 the year of German liberalism
  9. 5 The ascendancy of Austria 1849 60
  10. 6 The conquest of Germany by Prussia 1862 71
  11. 7 Bismarckian Germany
  12. 8 The Germany of William II
  13. 9 The crisis of Hohenzollern Germany 1906 16
  14. 10 The rule of the German Army 1916 19
  15. 11 Republican interregnum 1919 30
  16. 12 Demagogic dictatorship and the completion of German unity after 1930
  17. Some books on German history

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