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Englanders and Huns: The Culture-Clash Which Led to the First World War
James Hawes
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Description for Englanders and Huns: The Culture-Clash Which Led to the First World War
Paperback. Agripping social, cultural and political history of how Britain and Germany, two nations with such close ties, ended up fighting World War One Num Pages: 448 pages, b-w integrated. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 312.
A completely fresh look at the culture clash between Britain and Germany that all but destroyed Europe.
Half a century before 1914, most Britons saw the Germans as poor and rather comical cousins - and most Germans looked up to the British as their natural mentors. Over the next five decades, each came to think that the other simply had to be confronted - in Europe, in Africa, in the Pacific and at last in the deadly race to cover the North Sea with dreadnoughts.
But why? Why did so many Britons come to see in ... Read more
A completely fresh look at the culture clash between Britain and Germany that all but destroyed Europe.
Half a century before 1914, most Britons saw the Germans as poor and rather comical cousins - and most Germans looked up to the British as their natural mentors. Over the next five decades, each came to think that the other simply had to be confronted - in Europe, in Africa, in the Pacific and at last in the deadly race to cover the North Sea with dreadnoughts.
But why? Why did so many Britons come to see in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857205292
SKU
V9780857205292
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Ref
99-98
About James Hawes
James Hawes is a former professional archaeologist and university lecturer in German, Doctor of German literature in the lead-up to WW1, novelist and Kafka biographer.
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