This is one of A.J.P. Taylor's best-known books, 'The Course of German History' is a notoriously idiosyncratic work, written during the last days of the Second World War. Composed in his famously witty style, yet succinct to the point of sharpness, 'The Course of German History' is one of the great historian's finest, if more controversial, accomplishments. As Taylor himself noted, 'the history of the Germans is a history of extremes. It contains everything except moderation.' He could, of course, simply be referring to his own book.
History, Politics, Government, Society, Culture, Britain, Tradition, Heritage, European History ... Attempts to provide the answer to these interrelated questions by tracing the course of German national development from the time of the French Revolution to the present.
Contents:
Introduction
Preface
1. Divided Germany: the legacy of the Holy Roman Empire
2. The ascendancy of France, 1792-1814
3. The German Confederation: the years of Austro-Prussian partnership, 1815-48
4. 1848: the year of German liberalism
5. The ascendancy of Austria, 1849-60
6. The conquest of Germany by Prussia, 1862-71
7. Bismarckian Germany: the ascendancy of Prussia, 1871-90
8. The Germany of William II: the conquest of Prussia by Germany, 1890-1906
9. The crisis of Hohenzollern Germany, 1906-16
10. The rule of the German Army, 1916-19
11. Republican interregnum, 1919-30
12. Demagogic dictatorship and the completion of German unity after 1930
Some Books on German History
Index
Review:He is not only a brilliant but a profound historian - New Statesman
One of the most famous and controversial works by possibly the highest profile historian of the twentieth century - Book Description
