The Age of Catastrophe by Heinrich August Winkler
One of Germany's leading historians presents an ambitious and masterful account of the years encompassing the two world wars
"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
"An extraordinary tour de force. . . . An equally powerful and knowledgeable panorama of the western world in the era of its greatest disaster."—Ian Kershaw, author of Hitler
"A splendid translation of his magisterial study of the ‘West.'"— Richard Overy, Literary Review
"An extraordinary tour de force. . . . An equally powerful and knowledgeable panorama of the western world in the era of its greatest disaster."—Ian Kershaw, author of Hitler
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780300204896 |
| ISBN 10 | 0300204892 |
| Title | The Age of Catastrophe |
| Author | Heinrich August Winkler |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Year published | 2015-09-28 |
| Number of pages | 1016 |
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