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Russian and Eurasian Studies July 9, 2020

Soviet Judgment at Nuremberg

A New History of the International Military Tribunal after World War II

Francine Hirsch

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How did an authoritarian regime help lay the cornerstones of human rights and international law? Soviet Judgment at Nuremberg: A New History of the International Military Tribunal after World War …
European Studies July 8, 2020

November 1918

The German Revolution

Robert Gerwarth

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Was Weimar doomed from the outset? In November 1918: The German Revolution (Oxford University Press, 2020), Robert Gerwarth argues that this is the wrong question to ask. Forget 1929 and …
Eastern European Studies March 27, 2020

Retreat from Moscow

A New History of Germany's Winter Campaign, 1941-1942

David Stahel

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Germany’s winter campaign of 1941–1942 is commonly seen as the Wehrmacht's first defeat. In Retreat from Moscow: A New History of Germany's Winter Campaign, 1941-1942 (FSG, 2019), David Stahel argues …
German Studies March 13, 2020

Disruptive Power

Catholic Women, Miracles, and Politics in Modern Germany, 1918-1965

Michael O’Sullivan

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How did Catholic mysticism shape politics and religion in 20th-century Germany? What do seers, stigmatics, and Marian apparitions reveal about broader cultural trends? Michael O’Sullivan’s award winning new book examines …
Eastern European Studies January 22, 2020

West Germany and the Iron Curtain

Environment, Economy, and Culture in the Borderlands

Astrid Eckert

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How did the Iron Curtain shape the Federal Republic of Germany? How did the internal border become a proving ground for rival ideologies? West Germany and the Iron Curtain: Environment …
American Studies November 20, 2019

Forgotten Bastards of the Eastern Front

American Airmen behind the Soviet Lines and the Collapse of the Grand Alliance

Serhii Plokhy

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What happened when Americans and Soviets fought alongside one another against Hitler? How did relations at Poltava airbase reveal cracks in the Grand Alliance? Serhii Plokhy tells the story of …
Eastern European Studies September 19, 2019

Making Prussians, Raising Germans

A Cultural History of Prussian State-Building after Civil War, 1866-1935

Jasper Heinzen

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How does civil war shape state building and national identity over the long term? What do the underlying conflicts between Hanoverians and the Prussian state reveal about the course of …
German Studies June 27, 2019

1931

Debt, Crisis, and the Rise of Hitler

Tobias Straumann

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What can we learn from the financial crisis that brought Hitler to power? How did diplomatic deadlock fuel the rise of authoritarianism? Tobias Straumann shares vital insights with 1931: Debt …
European Studies January 18, 2019

Journalists between Hitler and Adenauer

From Inner Emigration to the Moral Reconstruction of West Germany

Volker Berghahn

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What can the lives of journalists under Hitler and Adenauer reveal? How did they navigate the Third Reich as "internal emigrants"? How did the emerging Cold War shape new tensions …
German Studies December 26, 2018

Hunt for Nazis

South America's Dictatorships and the Prosecution of Nazi Crimes

Daniel Stahl

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How did the search for Nazi fugitives become a vehicle to oppose South American dictatorships? Daniel Stahl’s award-winning new book traces the story of three continents over the course of …
Art November 20, 2018

Weimar Germany

Promise and Tragedy

Eric D. Weitz

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What can the Weimar Republic teach us about how democracies fail? How could the same vibrancy that gave us cultural touchstones spawn Nazism? In his new book Weimar Germany: Promise …
German Studies September 27, 2018

Reckonings

Legacies of Nazi Persecution and the Quest for Justice

Mary Fulbrook

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What voices have been silenced in the history of the Holocaust? How did victims and perpetrators make sense of their experiences? How did the failed pursuit of post-war justice shape …