Reluctant Meister
How Germany's Past is Shaping Its European Future
1st Edition
Published on 15. November 2014
320 pages
978-1-908323-69-9 (ISBN)
Description
The Euro crisis has served as a stark reminder of the fundamental importance of Germany to the larger European project. But the image of Germany as the dominant power in Europe is at odds with much of its recent history. Reluctant Meister is a wide-ranging study of Germany from the Holy Roman Empire through the Second and Third Reichs, and it asks not only how such a mature and developed culture could have descended into the barbarism of Nazism but how it then rebuilt itself within a generation to become an economic powerhouse. Perhaps most important, Stephen Green examines to what extent Germany will come to dominate its relationship with its neighbors in the European Union, and what that will mean.
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Content
- Intro
- Reluctant Meister
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Springtime in Berlin
- 2. Tears for my Country
- 3. That Cursed Duty
- 4. The Awakening of Germania
- 5. Dem Deutschen Volke
- 6. Memories, Dreams and Nightmares
- 7. The Pact with the Devil
- 8. Remnants, Renewal, Redemption, Reconciliation
- 9. Confronting the Ghosts of Germany Past
- 10. The Reluctant Leader of the New Europe
- 11. Transfiguration and Apotheosis?
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
