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“fritz stern”

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  • Five Germanys I Have Known

    by Fritz Stern ...
    The "German question" haunts the modern world: How could so civilized a nation be responsible for the greatest horror in Western history? In this unusual fusion of personal memoir and history, the celebrated scholar Fritz Stern refracts the question through the prism of his own life. Born in the Weimar Republic, exposed to five years of National Socialism before being forced into exile in 1938 in ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • No Ordinary Men

    Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Hans von Dohnanyi, Resisters Against Hitler in Church and State

    by Fritz Stern, Elisabeth Sifton ...
    During the twelve years of Hitler’s Third Reich, very few Germans took the risk of actively opposing his tyranny and terror, and fewer still did so to protect the sanctity of law and faith. In No Ordinary Men, Elisabeth Sifton and Fritz Stern focus on two remarkable, courageous men who did—the pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer and his close friend and brother-in-law Hans von Dohnanyi—and ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Gold and Iron

    by Fritz Stern ...
    Winner of the Lionel Trilling AwardNominated for the National Book Award“A major contribution to our understanding of some of the great themes of modern European history—the relations between Jews and Germans, between economics and politics, between banking and diplomacy.” —James Joll, The New York Times Book Review“I cannot praise this book too highly. It is a work of original scholarship, both ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Einstein's German World

    New Edition

    by Fritz Stern, Fritz Stern ...
    The French political philosopher Raymond Aron once observed that the twentieth century "could have been Germany's century." In 1900, the country was Europe's preeminent power, its material strength and strident militaristic ethos apparently balanced by a vital culture and extraordinary scientific achievement. It was poised to achieve greatness. In Einstein's German World, the eminent historian ... Read more

    $22.39 USD

  • The Varieties of History

    From Voltaire to the Present

    Edited by Fritz Stern ...
    "I cannot imagine a more engaging and instructive introduction to the fascinations of historical writing than Fritz Stern's classic The Varieties of History." —Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. City University of New York"This book contains not only an excellent selection of passages which characterize the ideas and the work of leading historians from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, but the book ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Adenauer's Germany and the Nazi Past

    The Politics of Amnesty and Integration

    by Norbert Frei ...
    Translated by Joel Golb ...
    Of all the aspects of recovery in postwar Germany perhaps none was as critical or as complicated as the matter of dealing with Nazi criminals, and, more broadly, with the Nazi past. While on the international stage German officials spoke with contrition of their nation's burden of guilt, at home questions of responsibility and retribution were not so clear. In this masterful examination of Germany ... Read more

    $67.49 USD

  • The Federal Republic Of Germany And The United States

    Changing Political, Social, And Economic Relations

    by James A Cooney, Gordon Craig, Hans-Peter Schwarz, Fritz Stern ...
    This book examines the current and historical dimensions of relations between the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany, focusing on the complex economic issues that make the two countries interdependent and on the resulting policy implications. The contributors analyze the reasons for increasingly problematic relations between the United States and West Germany, arguing that the ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

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    One Mother's Reckoning with the IQ Test

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