First, the books in German:
We have lots, all under the donation drop-off table. They still have to be priced, but come and look, then make us an offer.
Second, Germany and Germans:
(to be found in the German section of world history):
A History of Modern Germany, 1840-1945, by Hajo Holborn (HC, 1969, 818+ pages, ex-library, $2.50)
The Decline of Bismarck's European Order: Franco-Russian Relations, 1875-1890, by George F. Kennan (HC, 1979, 466 pages, ex-library, $3) This one is more about French and Russian relations, but I stuck it in anyway.
The German Democratic Republic: The Search for Identity, by Henry Krisch (HC, 1985, ex-library but in great shape, $2)
This the story of a land whose existence would be "doomed" to be reborn after communism fell. Here we are just before the fall, and before the glory of the rebirth. With hindsight we can feel confident of communism"s fall, but at the time few people had any idea of what was to come.
The History of the Nazi Party: 1933-1945, by Dietrich Orlow (HC, 1973, 538 pages, ex-library, $2.50)
Orlow talks about his problems in writing this book. The amount of history to cover was too huge for just one book, and most of the official Nazi papers were burned by the Riech treasurer before he gave himself over to the allies. Still, many of the mass welfare organization's papers that document the Nazi social control are still available but still unread.
SOLD: The German Empire: 1871-1918, by Hans-Ulrich Wehler (TPB, original printing 1985, this reprint 1993, NOT ex-library, $1.50)
This critical "revisionist' view of the Bismarck Empire "created quite a stir" when it was first published.
