Tag: europe
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Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
Katja Hoyer’s Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949–1990 is a monumental work of historical excavation, an incisive and deeply textured reconstruction of a state that vanished yet lingers in memory, myth, and the fault lines of German identity. This extraordinary book offers nothing less than the definitive account of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), navigating…
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Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871-1918
Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918 by Katja Hoyer offers an intensely detailed analysis of a pivotal epoch in European history, where the relentless currents of power, identity, and realpolitik converged to shape the German Empire from its inception in 1871 to its demise amidst the chaos of the…
Simon Gros 