In The Ruins of the Reich

Language: English

Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London, 1985

004943036X / 9780049430365

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First edition, first impression. Ex library with usual stamps and defects. Library users have not used this book well, some edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, jacket stretched, bad lean, contents somewhat shaken, some dust and time staining to page block, not price clipped (£9.95), no personal inscriptions, internally reasonably clean, overall a good reading copy only. 248pp. A classic account of Nazi Germany after her fall to the Allies in May 1945 (probably published to mark the 40th anniversary of the ending of WWII). Botting concentrates on the defining events that took place in the period between the collapse of the Third Reich and the foundation of the new Germanys (East and West), to create the prevailing atmosphere of a most unusual and little charted time in history. This was a period when four of the strongest industrial nations to emerge from World War Two attempted to work together to govern the once strong Germany, now prostate, impoverished and devastated by war and defeat. Telling the story of the dynamics between occupiers and occupied, the crimes perpetrated by both and the Imperial tendencies of the occupiers, Botting shows that the plan to bring democracy to Germany was far from flawless or straightforward. Douglas Scott Botting (1934-2018), was an English explorer, author, biographer and TV presenter and producer. He wrote biographies of naturalists Gavin Maxwell and Gerald Durrell (the former also being a personal friend). Quite a scarce book.

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Title
In The Ruins of the Reich
Author
Botting, Douglas (Douglas Scott Botting)
Publisher
George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London
Publication year
1985
Condition
Poor
Dust jacket
Fair
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
004943036X
ISBN 13
9780049430365
Illustrator
Jacket photo of the ruins of Dresden after Keystone Press
Edition
1st Edition
Printing
1st Printing
Dimensions
8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

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