Germany 1945: From War to Peace - Softcover

Bessel, Lecturer In History Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060540370 ISBN 13: 9780060540371

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2010

Synopsis

"Fascinating....Bessel does an excellent job of evoking the blasted landscape of a conquered Germany."

--The New Yorker

"A sober yet powerful account."
--New York Times Book Review

Authoritative and dramatic, Germany 1945 by distinguished British historian Richard Bessel is groundbreaking history that brilliantly explores the devastation and remarkable rebirth of Germany at the end of World War II. Called "a masterly account by a first rate historian," by Ian Kershaw (Hitler), Germany 1945 is sure to become the definitive work on the subject.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

1945 was the most pivotal year in Germany's modern history. As World War II drew to a devastating and violent close, the German people were confronted simultaneously with making sense of the horrors just passed and finding the strength and hope to move forward and rebuild. Richard Bessel offers a provocative portrait of Germany's emergence from catastrophe, and he astutely portrays the defeated nation's own sense of victimhood after the war, despite the crimes it had perpetrated. Authoritative and dramatic, Germany 1945 is groundbreaking history that brilliantly explores the destruction and remarkable rebirth of Germany at the end of World War II. Ultimately, it is a success story; a story of life after death.

About the Author:

Richard Bessel is a professor of twentieth-century history at the University of York and the author of Nazism and War.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0060540370
• ISBN 13: 9780060540371
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 560