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The Age of Catastrophe: A History of the West 1914-1945
Heinrich August Winkler
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Description for The Age of Catastrophe: A History of the West 1914-1945
Hardback. One of Germany's leading historians presents an ambitious and masterful account of the years encompassing the two world wars Num Pages: 1016 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFH; 3JJ; HBG; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 63. Weight in Grams: 1676.
One of Germany's leading historians presents an ambitious and masterful account of the years encompassing the two world wars Characterized by global war, political revolution and national crises, the period between 1914 and 1945 was one of the most horrifying eras in the history of the West. A noted scholar of modern German history, Heinrich August Winkler examines how and why Germany so radically broke with the normative project of the West and unleashed devastation across the world. In this total history of the thirty years between the start of ... Read more
One of Germany's leading historians presents an ambitious and masterful account of the years encompassing the two world wars Characterized by global war, political revolution and national crises, the period between 1914 and 1945 was one of the most horrifying eras in the history of the West. A noted scholar of modern German history, Heinrich August Winkler examines how and why Germany so radically broke with the normative project of the West and unleashed devastation across the world. In this total history of the thirty years between the start of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
1016
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300204896
SKU
V9780300204896
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About Heinrich August Winkler
Heinrich August Winkler is one of Germany's leading historians and emeritus professor of history at Humboldt University in Berlin. Stewart Spencer is an acclaimed translator whose work includes biographies of Gustav Mahler, Richard Wagner, Cosima Wagner and W.A. Mozart, all published by Yale University Press.
Reviews for The Age of Catastrophe: A History of the West 1914-1945
Winkler's monumental and remarkably accessible account of the years from 1914 to 1945 combines narrative with an astute analysis of military, political and social history... Winkler's judgement is always sound, his narrative analysis always gripping and insightful. -Robert Gerwarth, Irish Times A splendid translation of his magisterial study of the `West.' - Richard Overy, Literary Review ... Read more