This book examines the development of the modern idea of militarism from its inception in the 1860s until the outbreak of World War I. Often regarded as the archetypical militarist state, Imperial Germany in fact witnessed a major controversy over the issue, as the arms race and the military-industrial complex displaced more traditional concerns about authoritarian rule, and militarism gradually acquired its modern meaning. Older radical traditions and the impact of Marxism are reassessed as Nicholas Stargardt examines the political history of German Social Democracy, the principal...
This book examines the development of the modern idea of militarism from its inception in the 1860s until the outbreak of World War I. Often regarded ...
A groundbreaking study of what happened to children of all nationalities and religions living under the Nazi regime. Drawing on a wide range of new sources, Witnesses of War reveals the stories of life under the Third Reich as never before. As the Nazis overran Europe, children were saved or damned according to their race. Turning to an untouched wealth of original material school assignments; juvenile diaries; letters; and even accounts of children s games Nicholas Stargardt breaks stereotypes of victimhood and trauma to give us the gripping individual stories of the generation...
A groundbreaking study of what happened to children of all nationalities and religions living under the Nazi regime. Drawing on a wide range of new...
