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Karina Urbach & Brendan Simms
Die Rückkehr der ‘Großen Männer’
Staatsmänner im Krieg. Ein deutsch-britischer Vergleich 1740-1945

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In diesem Band werden von namhaften Historikern deutsche und britische Staatsmänner im Krieg vom Siebenjährigen Krieg bis zum zweiten Weltkrieg verglichen. Die biographischen Beiträge reichen von Friedrich dem Großen und William Pitt dem Älteren, William Pitt dem Jüngeren und Joseph II., William Gladstone und Bismarck, David George und Wilhelm II. bis zu Churchill und Hitler. Unterschiede und Gemeinsamkeiten in der Kriegsführung sowie Bezüge zur aktuellen politischen Lage werden eindrucksvoll dargestellt. Damit liefert der Band wichtige Ergebnisse, die weitere Forschungen anregen werden.

Mit einem Beitrag von Christopher Clark, Deutscher Historikerpreis 2010: ‘Supreme Warlord: Kaiser Wilhelm II in Wartime’.

€144.95

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Karina Urbach, Institute of Historical Research, Universität London; Brendan Simms, Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS), University of Cambridge

Language German ● Format PDF ● Pages 170 ● ISBN 9783110232950 ● File size 1.0 MB ● Editor Karina Urbach & Brendan Simms ● Publisher De Gruyter ● City Berlin/Boston ● Published 2010 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 6292680 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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