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Prussia Giles MacDonogh

Prussia By Giles MacDonogh

Prussia by Giles MacDonogh


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Examines Prussia over the years following the creation of the German Empire in 1871. Prussianism lay behind every aspect of the state, both worshipped and feared. Prussia has been seen as a scapegoat for Nazi Germany. The author questions the truth behind these charges and their legacy.

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Prussia: The Perversion of an Idea by Giles MacDonogh

46 years ago, the Allied Control Council produced the final obsequies of a state which from its earliest days had been a bearer of militarism and reaction in Germany. With this laconic text, Prussia, with its near millennium of history as one of the frontier states of Christian Europe, was cast away. To many contemporaries, the gesture had a futile ring to it. This book attempts to examine Prussia over the years following the creation of the German Empire in 1871. It shows how severe virtues were weathered away by the new imperial idea. It analyzes all aspects of Prussian life, from the Hohenzollern monarchy to sexuality, and from the arts to the importance of the army. It explains how the idea of Prussianism lay behind every aspect of the state, worshipped by some and feared by others. Prussia has been seen as a scapegoat for Nazi Germany. The author questions the truth behind these charges, examines the historical background and looks at the traces which remain today. Giles MacDonogh has also written A Good German: Adam von Trott zu Solz, a study of the German opposition to Hitler.

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GOR005377923
9781856192675
1856192679
Prussia: The Perversion of an Idea by Giles MacDonogh
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Vintage Publishing
19940725
288
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