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1	They Thought They Were Free: The Germans 1933-45 more books like this by Milton Mayer add to wishlist "Among the many books written on Germany after the collapse of Hitler's Thousand Year Reich, this book by Milton Mayer is one of the most readable and most enlightening."--Hans Kohn, "New York Times Book Review" "It is a fascinating story and a deeply moving one. And it is a story that should make people pause and think--think not only about the ... see all copies from $7.98! new only from $17.71! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The German Way more books like this by Hyde Flippo, Flippo Hyde add to wishlist For all students ideal for a variety of courses, this completely up-to-date, alphabetically organized handbook helps students understand how people from German-speaking nations think, do business, and act in their daily lives. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.97! \| SVS
3	Society and Democracy in Germany more books like this by Ralf Dahrendorf, Lord add to wishlist In this study, the author provides a survey of German society in terms of the structure of the different social strata and political institutions, and of the history of democracy in Germany. He unites two themes in an analysis of the central political problem in recent German history - why the liberal democracy as a political principle and system ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.93! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Cultural Studies of Modern Germany: History, Representation, and Nationhood more books like this by Russell A Berman add to wishlist The opening of the Berlin Wall uncovered a host of political, cultural, and historical concerns. The German past, which seemed frozen beneath the divisions of the Cold War, has re-emerged, eliciting both enthusiasm and apprehension. Russell A. Berman argues that, for the Germans, national unity will mean either encompassing democracy or ... see all copies from $2.61! new only from $2.61! \| first editions
5	Headquarters nights; a record of conversations and experiences at the headquarters of the German army in France and Belgium more books like this by Vernon L. Kellogg add to wishlist 1917. Contents: Biographical Note; Foreword by Theodore Roosevelt; The Headquarters of the Great General Staff; Von Bissing's Headquarters; and A Belgian Record. "One of the most graphic pictures of the German attitude, the attitude which has rendered this war inevitable, is contained in this book. It is a convincing, and an evidently truthful, ... see all copies from $12.31! new only from $12.31! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Social History of the Third Reich, 1933-1945 more books like this by Pierre Aycoberry, Janet Lloyd, Lady (Translator) add to wishlist This social history examines the way Nazism rose and took over German culture and looks at all levels of society--especially the middle class and the labor movements. It reveals how violence, nationalism, anti-Semitism, and terror played out among individuals and groups over two decades and how it affected those who supported and those who ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Xenophobe's Guide to the Germans more books like this by Stefan Zeidenitz, Ben Barlow add to wishlist Highlights the unique character and behavior of the nation. Frank, irreverent, funny--almost guaranteed to cure Xenophobia. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.23! \| SVS
8	The Healing Wound: Experiences and Reflections, Germany, 1938-2001 more books like this by Gitta Sereny add to wishlist In "The Healing Wound" Sereny presents a vital historical account of Germany in the 20th century, exploring the guilt which is in many ways the legacy of Nazism. She argues that despite the achievements of Germany since 1945, the awareness of the horrors committed in their name remains in the minds of Germans to this day. 32 photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.57! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Fichte: Addresses to the German Nation more books like this by Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Gregory Moore (Editor) add to wishlist This is the first translation of Fichte's addresses to the German nation for almost 100 years. The series of 14 speeches, delivered whilst Berlin was under French occupation after Prussia's disastrous defeat at the Battle of Jena in 1806, is widely regarded as a founding document of German nationalism, celebrated and reviled in equal measure. ... see all copies from $22.31! new only from $22.31! \| SVS
10	Sweeping the German Nation: Domesticity and National Identity in Germany, 1870-1945 more books like this by Nancy R Reagin add to wishlist Is cleanliness next to Germanness, as some 19th century nationalists insisted? This book explores the relationship between gender roles, domesticity, and German national identity between 1870-1945. After German unification, approaches to household management that had originally emerged among the bourgeoisie became central to German national ... see all copies from $29.49! new only from $29.49! \| SVS
11	Deutsche Erinnerungsorte more books like this by Etienne Francois add to wishlist see all copies from $41.82! new only from $53.45!
12 view cover	Colonial Fantasies - PB more books like this by Susanne Zantop, Susanne Zantop, Professor Fredric Jameson (Editor) add to wishlist Since Germany became a colonial power relatively late, postcolonial theorists and histories of colonialism have thus far paid little attention to it. Uncovering Germany's colonial legacy and imagination, Susanne Zantop reveals the significance of colonial fantasies - a kind of colonialism without colonies - in the formation of German national ... see all copies from $2.66! new only from $24.15! \| SVS
13 view cover	Ten Years of German Unification: One State, Two Peoples more books like this by Charlotte Kahn add to wishlist East Germans had passed their threshold of frustration about the gloom, restraint and shortages in their country, and they had tired of looking at the television pictures of the thriving countryside and material plenty beyond their borders. East Germans demonstrated peacefully until - almost unexpectedly - the Berlin Wall burst open and they ... see all copies from $5.40! new only from $12.99! \| first editions
14 view cover	Germany as a Culture of Remembrance: Promises and Limits of Writing History more books like this by Alon Confino add to wishlist An acknowledged authority on German history and memory, Alon Confino presents in this volume an original critique of the relations between nationhood, memory, and history, applied to the specific case of Germany. In ten essays (three never before published and one published only in German), Confino offers a distinct view of German nationhood in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $26.95! \| SVS
15 view cover	The German trauma : experiences and reflections, 1938-2001 more books like this by Gitta Sereny add to wishlist Gitta Sereny is one of the world's most respected journalists and historians. This book gathers together the best of her writing on Germany from over sixty years. It amounts to an extraordinary portrait of the country and its people, how they have come to terms with their Nazi past, both collectively and in specific instances - and how the burden ... see all copies from $15.88! new only from $18.12!
16 view cover	Spirit and System: Media, Intellectuals, and the Dialectic in Modern German Culture more books like this by Dominic Boyer add to wishlist Combining ethnography, history, and social theory, Dominic Boyer's "Spirit and System" exposes how the shifting fortunes and social perceptions of German intellectuals in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries influenced German's conceptions of modernity and national culture. Boyer analyzes the creation and mediation of the social knowledge of ... see all copies from $12.00! new only from $21.57!
17 view cover	Was Ist Deutsch? more books like this by Anne Leblans, Deborah McGee Mifflin, Margaret E Mullens add to wishlist This reader is intended for advanced intermediate students of German and introduces compelling, contemporary topics such as German identity, foreigners and their experiences in Germany, religious affiliation, disability issues, and the growing pains of young people as they come to terms with changes around them. A unique all-in-German approach, ... see all copies from $16.10! new only from $60.92! \| first editions
18	Critique of the German Intelligentsia more books like this by Hugo Ball add to wishlist An English translation of a sharp polemic originally published in 1919 by a leader of dada and the avant garde, who blames the disaster of World War I on Germany's intellectual heritage. Ball argues that German religion and philosophy conspired with militarism to betray the country in 1914. see all copies from $2.47! new only from $5.95! \| first editions
19 view cover	Addresses to the German Nation more books like this by Johann Gottlieb Fichte add to wishlist Fichte wrote these Addresses to arouse the German people in the face of French occupation under Napolean in 1807. They have had great significance in the political and educational evolution of Germany and the rest of Europe. see all copies from $13.42! new only from $20.50! \| SVS
20 view cover	Culture Shock! Germany more books like this by Richard Lord add to wishlist Whether you travel for business, pleasure, or a combination of the two, the ever-popular "Culture Shock!" series belongs in your backpack or briefcase. Get the nuts-and-bolts information you need to survive and thrive wherever you go. "Culture Shock!" country guides are easy-to-read, accurate, and entertaining crash courses in local customs and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00!
21 view cover	German National Identity After the Holocaust more books like this by Professor Mary Fulbrook add to wishlist For over half a century, Germans have lived in the shadow of Auschwitz. Who was responsible for the mass murder of millions of people in the Holocaust: just a small gang of evil men, Hitler and his henchmen: or certain groups within a particular system: or even the whole nation? Could the roots of malignancy be traced far back in German history? ... see all copies from $18.00! new only from $26.18! \| SVS
22 view cover	Nobles and Nation in Central Europe: Free Imperial Knights in the Age of Revolution, 1750-1850 more books like this by William D Godsey, Jr. add to wishlist This is a study of Central European nobles in revolution. As one of Germany's richest, most insular and most autonomous nobilities, the Free Knights in Electoral Mainz represented the early modern noble ideal of pure bloodlines and cosmopolitan loyalties in the old society of orders. But this world came to an end with the outbreak of the ... see all copies from $48.49! new only from $49.60!
23 view cover	Strange Meetings: Anglo-German Literary Encounters from 1910 to 1960 more books like this by Peter Edgerly Firchow add to wishlist Building upon his earlier book "The Death of the German Cousin", renowned author Peter Edgerly Firchow focuses "Strange Meetings" on major modern British writers from Eliot to Auden and explores the development of British conceptions and misconceptions of Germany and Germans from 1910 to 1960.While the book does not aim to be inclusive, it casts ... see all copies from $42.00! new only from $65.95! \| SVS
24	The New Germans: Thirty Years After more books like this by John Dornberg add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
25	Why Hitler? more books like this by Amos E. Simpson (Compiled by), Sarah Cain Neitzel add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $40.92! \| first editions \| SVS

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