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A German Generation: An Experiential History of the Twentieth Century
Thomas A. Kohut
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Paperback. Germans of the generation born just before the outbreak of World War I lived through a tumultuous and dramatic century. This book tells the story of their lives and, in so doing, offers a new history of twentieth-century Germany, as experienced and made by ordinary human beings. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 29. Weight in Grams: 426.
Germans of the generation born just before the outbreak of World War I lived through a tumultuous and dramatic century. This book tells the story of their lives and, in so doing, offers a new history of twentieth-century Germany, as experienced and made by ordinary human beings.
On the basis of sixty-two oral-history interviews, this book shows how this generation was shaped psychologically by a series of historically engendered losses over the course of the century. In response, this generation turned to the collective to repair the losses it had suffered, most fatefully to the community of the “Volk” during ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300192452
SKU
V9780300192452
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About Thomas A. Kohut
Thomas A. Kohut is the Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III Professor of History at Williams College and author of Wilhelm II and the Germans: A Study in Leadership. He lives in Williamstown, MA.
Reviews for A German Generation: An Experiential History of the Twentieth Century
“Lucid and revealing.”—The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
"A provocative, poignant, and at times painful meditation on what Thomas Kohut calls 'the grace' of historical experience, in which Germany’s war-torn twentieth-century generation looks remarkably like, but also differs substantially from the 'greatest generation' in the United States. A German Generation reveals the staggering losses of German ... Read more
The Wall Street Journal
"A provocative, poignant, and at times painful meditation on what Thomas Kohut calls 'the grace' of historical experience, in which Germany’s war-torn twentieth-century generation looks remarkably like, but also differs substantially from the 'greatest generation' in the United States. A German Generation reveals the staggering losses of German ... Read more