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A review by mafm22
The Shortest History of Germany by James Hawes
3.0
Not my sort of book, but interesting thesis.
The author's thesis is that the eastern parts of Germany are culturally different to the rest of Germany, and were responsible for starting (and losing) both world wars. Essentially - the parts of Germany that the Romans never occupied (and were outside the Holy Roman Empire) are the ones that caused all the problems.
The history in the book is superficial - a lot of ground covered in very few pages, very little detail, and only point supporting the thesis get a mention. As history, it's not much good.
I don't know enough about Germany to have a good idea whether or not the thesis is correct. I'm sure it would be offensive to a lot of people and that the people who disagree with the thesis could bring up a lot of facts against the thesis that were omitted here.
The author's thesis is that the eastern parts of Germany are culturally different to the rest of Germany, and were responsible for starting (and losing) both world wars. Essentially - the parts of Germany that the Romans never occupied (and were outside the Holy Roman Empire) are the ones that caused all the problems.
The history in the book is superficial - a lot of ground covered in very few pages, very little detail, and only point supporting the thesis get a mention. As history, it's not much good.
I don't know enough about Germany to have a good idea whether or not the thesis is correct. I'm sure it would be offensive to a lot of people and that the people who disagree with the thesis could bring up a lot of facts against the thesis that were omitted here.